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Apomyelois bistriatella

Synonyms: Apomyelois bilineatella; Apomyelois bistriatella neophanes; Apomyelois neophanes; Dioryctria bistriatella (homotypic); Myelois neophanes (heterotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Apomyelois bistriatella is a species of snout moth in the genus Apomyelois. It was described by Hulst in 1887, and is known from California, the eastern United States, northern Europe and Russia. The wingspan is 15–25 mm. Adults are on wing from June to July. The larvae feed on a fungus, Daldinia vernicosa which grows on burnt gorse and dead birch. It has also been recorded feeding on Hypoxylon occidentale in California.
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Infraspecies

Prey / Diet

Quercus rubra (Red Oak)[1]

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1HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0