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Parascythris muelleri

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Scythrididae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Rank
  
Species

Parascythris muelleri

Genus
  
Parascythris Hannemann, 1960

Parascythris muelleri is a moth of the Scythrididae family, and the only species in the genus Parascythris. It was described by Mann in 1871. It is found in Germany, Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania, Poland, Latvia, Belarus, Ukraine and Russia.

The wingspan is about 11 mm.

The larvae possibly feed on Thymus species.

References

Parascythris muelleri Wikipedia


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