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Chilo luteellus is a species of moth in the family Crambidae described by Victor Motschulsky in 1866. It is found in France, Spain, Italy, Denmark, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece,[2] Algeria, Egypt, Transcaspia, Syria, Iran,[3] China, Korea, Japan and the Philippines.[4]

Chilo luteellus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Chilo[1]
Species:	C. luteellus
Binomial name
Chilo luteellus (Motschulsky, 1866)
Synonyms
Schoenobius luteellus Motschulsky, 1866 Chilo boxanus E. Hering, 1903 Chilo concolorellus Christoph, 1885 Chilo dubia Bethune-Baker, 1894 Chilo gensanellus Leech, 1889 Chilo molydellus Zerny in Osthelder, 1935 Chilo plumbosellus Chrétien, 1910 Chilo pseudoplumbellus Caradja, 1932 Chilo lutellus Hampson, 1896 Chilo molybdellus Osthelder, 1941

The length of the forewings is 13–18 mm. The ground colour of the forewings varies from brownish yellow to brown, with variable irroration of metallically lustrous scales arranged in longitudinal rows along the veins. The hindwings are silky white to creamy. Adults are on wing from May to August.[4]

The larvae feed on Phragmites communis.[5]

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