Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Pyralidae Scientific name Pempelliella ornatella | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Pempelia Rank Species | |
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Similar Pempelia palumbella, Pima boisduvaliella, Acrobasis mara, Acrobasis tumidana, Assara terebrella | ||
Pempelliella ornatella is a moth of the Pyralidae family. It is found in most of Europe, east to the Ural, Siberia, central Yakutia and Kyrghyzstan.
The wingspan is 23–27 millimetres (0.91–1.06 in). Adults are on wing from mid June to August in one generation.
The larvae live in a web near the roots of Thymus species.
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