Phycitodes lacteella is a species of snout moth first described by Walter Rothschild in 1915.[2] It is found in most of Europe (except Ireland, Great Britain, Norway, the Benelux, Switzerland, the Baltic region, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Croatia and Ukraine),[3] Algeria, Morocco and Turkey.[2]
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pyralidae |
| Genus: | Phycitodes |
| Species: | P. lacteella |
| Binomial name | |
| Phycitodes lacteella (Rothschild, 1915)[1] | |
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The wingspan is 17–19 millimetres (0.67–0.75 in).[4] Adults are on wing in September.[5]
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