Episcythrastis tetricella

Episcythrastis tetricella is a species of snout moth in the genus Episcythrastis. It was described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775. It is found in most of Europe, except the Benelux, Great Britain, Ireland, Portugal, Ukraine and Greece.^[1][2]

Episcythrastis tetricella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pyralidae
Genus:	Episcythrastis
Species:	E. tetricella
Binomial name
Episcythrastis tetricella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
Synonyms
Tinea tetricella Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775 Myelois tetricella var. amurensis Ragonot, 1887 Phycis plumbaginella Eversmann, 1844

The wingspan is 26–32 mm. Adults are on wing from April to June in one generation per year.^[3]