Pediasia matricella is a species of moth in the family Crambidae described by Georg Friedrich Treitschke in 1832.[1] It is found in Italy, Austria, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, the Republic of Macedonia, Greece, Ukraine, Russia.[2] In the east, the range extends to Transcaucasia, Asia Minor, Turkmenistan, Jordan, Syria, Iran[3] and Israel.

Pediasia matricella
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Pediasia
Species:
P. matricella
Binomial name
Pediasia matricella
(Treitschke, 1832)
Synonyms
  • Phycis matricella Treitschke, 1832
  • Crambus matricellus var. obscurus Caradja, 1931
  • Crambus matricella stenopterellus Amsel, 1949

Subspecies

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  • Pediasia matricella matricella (Europe, southern Russia, Transcaucasia, Asia Minor, Jordan, Syria, Iran)
  • Pediasia matricella stenopterella (Amsel, 1949) (Mesopotamia, Turkmenistan)

References

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  1. ^ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved March 15, 2012.
  2. ^ Fauna Europaea
  3. ^ Savela, Markku. "Pediasia Hübner, [1825]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 21, 2017.
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