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Nyctegretis lineana is a moth of the family Pyralidae. It is found from Europe to China and Mongolia.

Nyctegretis lineana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pyralidae
Genus:	Nyctegretis
Species:	N. lineana
Binomial name
Nyctegretis lineana (Scopoli, 1786)[1]
Synonyms
Tinea lineana Scopoli, 1786 Tinea achatinella Hübner, 1824 Nyctegretis calamitatella Roesler, 1973 Nyctegretis katastrophella Roesler, 1970

The wingspan is 17–19 mm (0.67–0.75 in). The butterflies are on wing from July to August depending on the location.

The larvae feed on Ononis repens repens, Ononis repens spinosa and sometimes Trifolium.

References

External links

• Microplepidoptera.nl (in Dutch)
• UKMoths

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