Dioryctria mendacella (Staudinger, 1859) is a animal in the Pyralidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Dioryctria mendacella (Staudinger, 1859)

Dioryctria mendacella (Staudinger, 1859)

Dioryctria mendacella is a snout moth species described by Staudinger in 1859, found in Southern Europe, with a 28–31 mm wingspan.

Family
Genus
Dioryctria
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Dioryctria mendacella (Staudinger, 1859)

Dioryctria mendacella is a species of snout moth that belongs to the genus Dioryctria. It was first described by Staudinger in 1859. This species is confirmed to occur in the Iberian Peninsula, Italy, France, Croatia, Greece, and Cyprus. The wingspan of Dioryctria mendacella ranges from 28 to 31 millimeters.

Photo: (c) Paolo Mazzei, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Paolo Mazzei · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Pyralidae Dioryctria

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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