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Phycitodes albatella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pyralidae
Genus:	Phycitodes
Species:	P. albatella
Binomial name
Phycitodes albatella (Ragonot, 1887)
Synonyms
Homoeosoma albatella Ragonot, 1887 Homoeosoma parvum Gerasimov, 1930 Homoeosoma pseudonimbella Bentinck, 1937 Rotruda albatella (Ragonot, 1887)

Phycitodes albatella is a species of snout moth. It is found in most of Europe (except Ireland, Great Britain, Slovenia, Croatia and Ukraine), Uzbekistan and North America.

The wingspan is 15–20 mm. There are three generations per year with adults on wing from April to September.

The larvae feed on Senecio, Crepis and Solidago species, as well as Sonchus arvensis. They initially live in the upper stem and leaf-axil of their host plant, but later on the flowers within a web. Larvae of the second generation hibernate within a cocoon. Pupation takes place in another cocoon.

References

1. Fauna Europaea
2. "World Pyraloidea Database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2012-02-22.
3. mothphotographersgroup
4. lepiforum.de
5. Roesler, U., 1967. Zyklomorphose bei Rotruda albatella (Ragonot) (Lepidoptera, Phycitinae). - Nachrichtenblatt der Bayrischen Entomologen Jahrgang 16. (1./2.): 1-7
6. Lepidoptera of Belgium

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