Apomyelois Explained

Apomyelois is a genus of small moths belonging to the family Pyralidae. The genus was erected by Carl Heinrich in 1956.

Species of Apomyelois^[1]

• Apomyelois artonoma (Meyrick, 1935)
• Apomyelois bicolorata Balinsky, 1991
• Apomyelois bistriatella (Hulst, 1887)
• Apomyelois cognata (Staudinger, 1871)
• Apomyelois decolor (Zeller, 1881)
• Apomyelois ehrendorferi (Malicky & Roesler, 1970)

The former A. striatella is now in Didia. The locust bean moth (A. ceratoniae) is placed in Ectomyelois by some authors, while others place Ectomyelois as a synonym of Apomyelois.

References

• (2005): Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms  - Apomyelois. Version of 8 September 2005. Retrieved 10 April 2010.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Apomyelois . Pyraloidea . Global information system on pyraloidea . 30 October 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201030151351/http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/pyraloidea/pyralidae/phycitinae/apomyelois/index.html . 30 October 2020 . live.