Pempeliella ornatella is a moth of the family Pyralidae described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775.[1][2] It is found in most of Europe, east to the Ural, Siberia, central Yakutia and Kyrghyzstan.

Pempeliella ornatella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pyralidae
Genus:	Pempeliella
Species:	P. ornatella
Binomial name
Pempeliella ornatella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
Synonyms
Pempelia ornatella Tinea ornatella Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775 Pempelia gigantella Amsel, 1932 Pempelia ornatella elbursella Amsel, 1954 Pempelia fraternella Ragonot, 1887 Pempelia ornatalis Hübner, 1825 Pempelia perornatella Guenée, 1845 Tinea criptella Hübner, 1796 Phycis criptea Haworth, 1811

The wingspan is 23–27 millimetres (0.91–1.06 in). Adults are on wing from mid-June to August in one generation.

The larvae live in a web near the roots of Thymus species.

Subspecies

• Pempeliella ornatella ornatella
• Pempeliella ornatella gigantella

References

• Pempeliella ornatella ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) at Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Belgium
• Pempeliella ornatella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) at Fauna Europaea
• Pyraliodea collection of Siberian Zoological Museum as Pempelliella ornatella

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