Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Cosmopterigidae Scientific name Eteobalea sumptuosella | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Eteobalea Rank Species | |
Similar Eteobalea intermediella, Cosmopterix, Cosmopterigidae, Tischerioidea, Choreutidae | ||
Eteobalea sumptuosella is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found in the Mediterranean Region from Spain to Turkey, Morocco and Tunisia, Ukraine, southern Russia, the Caucasus, the Middle East, eastwards to Kazachstan, Turkmenistan and Afghanistan.
The wingspan is 13–20 millimetres (0.51–0.79 in). Adults are on wing from early June to end of August.
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