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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pyralidae |
| Genus: | Apomyelois |
| Species: | A. bistriatella
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Apomyelois bistriatella is a species of snout moth in the genus Apomyelois. It was described by George Duryea Hulst in 1887.[1] It is known from California, the eastern United States, northern Europe and Russia.[2][3]
The wingspan is 15–25 mm.[4] Adults are on wing from June to July.
The larvae feed on a fungus, Daldinia vernicosa, which grows on burnt gorse (Ulex species) and dead birch (Betula species).[5] It has also been recorded feeding on Hypoxylon occidentale in California.[2]
Subspecies
- Apomyelois bistriatella bistriatella
- Apomyelois bistriatella subcognata (Ragonot, 1887)
References
- ^ a b Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2011). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved September 29, 2011.
- ^ a b Powell, Jerry A (December 1967). "Apomyelois bistriatella: A Moth Which Feeds in an Ascomycete Fungus (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 75 (4): 190–4. JSTOR 25006072.
- ^ "Apomyelois bistriatella (Hulst, 1887)". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
- ^ Microlepidoptera.nl Archived May 1, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Kimber, Ian. "62.039 BF1486 Apomyelois bistriatella (Hulst, 1887)". UKMoths. Retrieved August 11, 2019.
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