Pempeliella ornatella is a moth of the family Pyralidae described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775.[1][2] It is found in most of Europe, east to the Ural, Siberia, central Yakutia and Kyrgyzstan.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pyralidae |
| Genus: | Pempeliella |
| Species: | P. ornatella
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| Pempeliella ornatella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
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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.
Subspecies
edit- Pempeliella ornatella ornatella
- Pempeliella ornatella gigantella
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pempeliella ornatella.
- ^ Savela, Markku. "Pempeliella ornatella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 24, 2017.
- ^ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved August 24, 2017.
- Pempeliella ornatella ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) at Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Belgium
- Pempeliella ornatella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) at Fauna Europaea
- Pyraliodea collection of Siberian Zoological Museum as Pempelliella ornatella
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