Pleurota pyropella
Species of moth
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Pleurota pyropella is a moth of the family Oecophoridae. It is found in Portugal, France, Germany, Italy, Austria, Switzerland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Albania, Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania, North Macedonia, Greece, Turkey, Ukraine, Russia, as well as on Corsica, Sicily, Cyprus and Crete.[1] Outside of the Europe, the range extends to the eastern Palearctic. The species is also present in the Near East and North Africa.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Oecophoridae |
| Genus: | Pleurota |
| Species: | P. pyropella |
| Binomial name | |
| Pleurota pyropella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) | |
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Subspecies
- Pleurota pyropella pyropella
- Pleurota pyropella candia Back, 1973
- Pleurota pyropella siciliana Back, 1973 (Sicily)
- Pleurota pyropella idalia Meyrick, 1923 (Cyprus)
- Pleurota pyropella semicanella Constant, 1885 (Corsica)
