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Catoptria myella is a species of moth in the family Crambidae.[1] It is found in large parts of Europe, except Ireland, Great Britain, the Benelux, Fennoscandia, Denmark, the Baltic region, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and the Iberian Peninsula.[2]

Catoptria myella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Catoptria
Species:	C. myella
Binomial name
Catoptria myella (Hubner, 1796)
Synonyms
Tinea myella Hubner, 1796 Crambus hercyniae var. epimyellus de Joannis in Lhomme, 1935 Crambus myellus mellinellus Lattin, 1951

The wingspan is 21–28 mm. Adults have been recorded from May to September.[3]

Subspecies

• Catoptria myella myella (Alps, Karpathians)
• Catoptria myella mellinella (de Lattin, 1951) (southern Alps)

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