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Apomyelois bistriatella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pyralidae
Genus:	Apomyelois
Species:	A. bistriatella
Binomial name
Apomyelois bistriatella (Hulst, 1887)
Synonyms
Myelois bistriatella Hulst, 1887 Dioryctria bistriatella Myelois bilineatella Ragonot, 1887 Myelois neophanes Durrant, 1915 Myelois subcognata Ragonot, 1887

Apomyelois bistriatella is a species of snout moth in the genus Apomyelois. It was described by George Duryea Hulst in 1887. It 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 (Ulex species) and dead birch (Betula species). It has also been recorded feeding on Hypoxylon occidentale in California.

Subspecies

• Apomyelois bistriatella bistriatella
• Apomyelois bistriatella subcognata (Ragonot, 1887)

References

1. ^ Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2011). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved September 29, 2011.
2. ^ 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.
3. "Apomyelois bistriatella (Hulst, 1887)". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
4. Microlepidoptera.nl Archived May 1, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
5. Kimber, Ian. "62.039 BF1486 Apomyelois bistriatella (Hulst, 1887)". UKMoths. Retrieved August 11, 2019.

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