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Sciota rhenella is a moth of the family Pyralidae. It was described by Johann Leopold Theodor Friedrich Zincken in 1818 and is found in Europe.

Sciota rhenella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pyralidae
Genus:	Sciota
Species:	S. rhenella
Binomial name
Sciota rhenella (Zincken, 1818)
Synonyms
Phycis rhenella Zincken, 1818 Nephopteryx rhenella Nephopteryx rhenella var. laetifica Ragonot, 1893

The wingspan is 22–24 mm. The moth flies in one generation from May to August .

The caterpillars feed on poplar.

Notes

1. ^ The flight season refers to Belgium and The Netherlands. This may vary in other parts of the range.

External links

• waarneming.nl (in Dutch)
• Lepidoptera of Belgium Archived 2007-05-16 at the Wayback Machine
• Media related to Sciota rhenella at Wikimedia Commons

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