Asarta aethiopella is a species of snout moth in the genus Asarta. It was described by Philogène Auguste Joseph Duponchel in 1837.[1] It is found in France, Spain, Switzerland, Italy, Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania, North Macedonia, Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine and Russia.[2]

Asarta aethiopella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Asarta
Species:
A. aethiopella
Binomial name
Asarta aethiopella
(Duponchel, 1837)[1]
Synonyms
  • Phycis aethiopella Duponchel, 1837
  • Asarta aethiopella f. majella Costantini, 1922
  • Myelois helveticella Zeller, 1839

The wingspan is 14–16 mm.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved June 17, 2017.
  2. ^ "Fauna Europaea". Faunaeur.org. Archived from the original on October 15, 2012. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
  3. ^ "lepiforum.de". lepiforum.de. 2011-08-25. Retrieved 2011-09-29.