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Phycitodes maritima is a species of snout moth. It is found in most of Europe (except Ireland, Lithuania, Ukraine and the western and southern part of the Balkan Peninsula. It may also be absent from the Iberian Peninsula).[2]

Phycitodes maritima
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pyralidae
Genus:	Phycitodes[1]
Species:	P. maritima
Binomial name
Phycitodes maritima (Tengström, 1848)
Synonyms
Phycidea nebulella var. maritima Tengström, 1848 Homoeosoma nimbella var. canuisella Ragonot, 1901 Homoeosoma carlinella Heinemann, 1865 Homoeosoma cretacella Rössler, 1866 Homoeosoma senecionis Vaughan, 1870

The wingspan is 19–24 millimetres (0.75–0.94 in).[3][4] Adults are on wing from April to May and from June to August. There are two generations per year.

The larvae feed on Achillea millefolium, Tanacetum vulgare and Senecio jacobaea. They initially live in the upper stem and leaf-axil of their host plant, later they are found on the flowers in a web. Larvae of the second generation hibernate in a cocoon. Pupation takes place in another cocoon.[5]

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