Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Pyralidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Apomyelois | |
Similar Acrobasis, Phycitinae, Etiella zinckenella, Amyelois transitella, Aphomia sociella | ||
Apomyelois bistriatella is a species of snout moth in the genus Apomyelois. It was described by Hulst in 1887, and is known from California, the eastern United States, northern Europe and Russia.
The wingspan is 15–25 mm. Adults are on wing from June to July.
The larvae feed on a fungus, Daldinia vernicosa which grows on burnt gorse and dead birch. It has also been recorded feeding on Hypoxylon occidentale in California.
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