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Pediasia luteella is a species of moth in the family Crambidae.[1] It was described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775. It is found in most of Europe (except Ireland, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and the Iberian Peninsula).[2] In the east, the range extends to Central Asia, the northern Caucasus, Transcaucasia, southern Siberia and Mongolia.[3]

Pediasia luteella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Pediasia
Species:	P. luteella
Binomial name
Pediasia luteella (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
Synonyms
Tinea luteella Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775 Crambus kindermanni Zeller, 1863 Crambus luteellus f. griseellus Obraztsov, 1936 Crambus uhryki Rothschild, 1911 Crambus lutealis Hübner, 1825 Tinea exoletella Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775 Agriphila exoletalis Hübner, 1825 Tinea exsoletella Hübner, 1796 Tinea convolutella Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775 Tinea ochrella Hübner, 1796

Adults are on wing from the end of May to mid-July in one generation per year.[4]

The larvae feed on Festuca ovina and Poa species.

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