Pempelia genistella
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pyralidae |
| Genus: | Pempelia |
| Species: | P. genistella
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| Pempelia genistella | |
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Pempelia genistella, the gorse colonial hard shoot moth, is a moth of the family Pyralidae. It is native to south-western Europe and north-western Africa, but has been introduced as a biological control agent for gorse in New Zealand and Hawaii.
The wingspan is 26–29 mm. Adults are on wing in July in western Europe.
References
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- ^ "World Pyraloidea Database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2012-03-05.
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