Phycitodes maritima

Phycitodes maritima
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pyralidae
Genus:	Phycitodes
Species:	P. maritima
Binomial name
	Phycitodes maritima; (Tengström, 1848)
Synonyms
	Phycidea nebulella var. maritima Tengström, 1848; Homoeosoma nimbella var. canuisella Ragonot, 1901; Homoeosoma carlinella Heinemann, 1865; Homoeosoma cretacella Rössler, 1866; Homoeosoma senecionis Vaughan, 1870;

Phycitodes maritima is a species of snout moth. It is found in most of Europe (except Ireland, Lithuania, Ukraine and the western and southern part of the Balkan Peninsula. It may also be absent from the Iberian Peninsula).¹

The wingspan is 19–24 millimetres (0.75–0.94 in).²³ Adults are on wing from April to May and from June to August. There are two generations per year.

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