Polopeustis altensis

Polopeustis altensis is a species of snout moth described by Maximilian Ferdinand Wocke in 1862.[1] It is found in Fennoscandia and northern Russia.[2]

Polopeustis altensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Polopeustis
Species:
P. altensis
Binomial name
Polopeustis altensis
(Wocke, 1862)
Synonyms
  • Myelois altensis Wocke, 1862

The wingspan is 16–21 mm. Adults are on wing from June to July.[3]

The larvae possibly feed on Dryas species.[4]

References
  1. "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved August 25, 2017.
  2. Fauna Europaea
  3. Swedish Moths
  4. Savela, Markku. "Polopeustis Ragonot, 1893". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 25, 2017.


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