''Episcythrastis'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of ...

s of the family

Pyralidae The Pyralidae, commonly called pyralid moths, snout moths or grass moths, are a family of Lepidoptera in the ditrysian superfamily Pyraloidea. In many (particularly older) classifications, the grass moths (Crambidae) are included in the Pyra ...

described by

Edward Meyrick Edward Meyrick (25 November 1854, in Ramsbury – 31 March 1938, at Thornhanger, Marlborough) was an English schoolmaster and amateur entomologist. He was an expert on microlepidoptera and some consider him one of the founders of modern m ...

in 1937.

Species

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Episcythrastis elaphitis ''Episcythrastis elaphitis'' is a species of snout moth in the genus ''Episcythrastis ''Episcythrastis'' is a genus of moths of the family Pyralidae described by Edward Meyrick in 1937. Species *''Episcythrastis elaphitis'' Meyrick, 1937 *''Ep ...

'' Meyrick, 1937 *''

Episcythrastis tabidella ''Episcythrastis tabidella'' is a species of moth in the family Pyralidae. It is found in Spain, France, Albania, North Macedonia, Bulgaria and Turkey and on Sardinia and Corsica Corsica ( , Upper , Southern ; it, Corsica; ; frenc ...

'' Mann, 1864 *''

Episcythrastis tetricella ''Episcythrastis tetricella'' is a species of Pyralidae, 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, Po ...

'' Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775

Former species

The following species are mostly placed in ''

Myelopsis ''Myelopsis'' is a genus of moths of the family Pyralidae described by Carl Heinrich in 1956. It is sometimes included in the genus ''Episcythrastis''. Species *'' Myelopsis alatella'' (Hulst, 1887) *''Myelopsis immundella'' (Hulst, 1890) *'' ...

'', although it is sometimes treated as a synonym of ''Episcythrastis'': *''

Myelopsis alatella ''Myelopsis alatella'' is a species of snout moth in the genus ''Episcythrastis ''Episcythrastis'' is a genus of moths of the family Pyralidae described by Edward Meyrick in 1937. Species *''Episcythrastis elaphitis'' Meyrick, 1937 *''Episcyth ...

'' (Hulst, 1887) *''

Myelopsis immundella ''Myelopsis immundella'' is a species of snout moth in the genus ''Episcythrastis ''Episcythrastis'' is a genus of moths of the family Pyralidae described by Edward Meyrick in 1937. Species *''Episcythrastis elaphitis'' Meyrick, 1937 *''Episcy ...

'' (Hulst, 1890) *''

Myelopsis minutularia ''Myelopsis minutularia'' is a species of snout moth in the genus ''Episcythrastis ''Episcythrastis'' is a genus of moths of the family Pyralidae described by Edward Meyrick in 1937. Species *''Episcythrastis elaphitis'' Meyrick, 1937 *''Episc ...

'' (Hulst, 1887) *''

Myelopsis subtetricella ''Myelopsis subtetricella'' is a species of snout moth in the genus ''Episcythrastis ''Episcythrastis'' is a genus of moths of the family Pyralidae described by Edward Meyrick in 1937. Species *''Episcythrastis elaphitis'' Meyrick, 1937 *''Epi ...

'' (Ragonot, 1889)

References

Phycitini Pyralidae genera {{Phycitini-stub