Pterothrixidia rufella Duponchel, 1836 is a animal in the Pyralidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.
Pterothrixidia rufella Duponchel, 1836
Pterothrixidia rufella is the only species in the monotypic snout moth genus Pterothrixidia, found across parts of Europe and western Asia.
Pterothrixidia is a monotypic genus of snout moths, which was described by Hans Georg Amsel in 1954. This genus contains only one species, Pterothrixidia rufella, that was described by Philogène Auguste Joseph Duponchel in 1836. This species has a wingspan of around 27 to 28 millimeters, and it can be found in France, Spain, Switzerland, Italy, the Balkan Peninsula, Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkey, and Iran.
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Macalla zelleri Grote, 1876
Homoeosoma electella Hulst, 1887
Acrobasis suavella (Zincken, 1818)
Assara terebrella Zincken, 1818
Heteromicta tripartitella (Meyrick, 1880)
Acrobasis exsulella Zeller, 1848
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