Sciota rhenella Zincken, 1818 is a animal in the Pyralidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Sciota rhenella Zincken, 1818

Sciota rhenella Zincken, 1818

Sciota rhenella is a European Pyralidae moth whose caterpillars feed on poplar species.

Family
Genus
Sciota
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Sciota rhenella Zincken, 1818

Sciota rhenella (Zincken, 1818) is a moth species that belongs to the family Pyralidae, and is found in Europe. This species was first described by German entomologist Johann Leopold Theodor Friedrich Zincken in 1818. The caterpillars of this moth feed on trees of Populus species, which are commonly known as poplars.

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

Taxonomy

Animalia › Arthropoda › Insecta › Lepidoptera › Pyralidae › Sciota

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

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