Pyloetis

Pyloetis is a moth genus, belonging to the family Tineidae.^[1] It consists of only one species, Pyloetis mimosae, which is found in Asia, including Japan and Taiwan.

Pyloetis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tineidae
Genus:	Pyloetis Meyrick, 1907
Species:	P. mimosae
Binomial name
Pyloetis mimosae (Stainton, 1859)
Synonyms
Genus: Spatularia W. van Deventer, 1904 Species: Laverna mimosae Stainton, 1859 Pyloetis ophionota Meyrick, 1907 Ereunetis seminivora Walsingham, 1899 Spatularia fuligineella Deventer, 1904

The wingspan is about 15 mm.^[2]

The larvae feed within seed pods of Leucaena leucocephala^[3] and Acacia nilotica.^[4]