Phycitodes binaevella (Hübner, [1813])

Tsvetkov, Eugene, 2020, Narrow-winged pyralids (Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea, Pyralidae, Phycitinae) of Leningrad Province and the city of St. Petersburg, Russia, Zootaxa 4890 (3), pp. 361-374 : 370

Phycitodes binaevella (Hübner, [1813])

( Moeberg 1925; J̹rivete et al. 2000)

MATERIAL EXAMINED. 1 ♀, St. Petersburg, 1939 (Gerasimov) ; 1 ♀, Krupeli , 13.vii.1974 (Falkovitsh) ; 1 ♀, Olshanik , 10.vii.2012 ; 1 ♀, Piskarevka , 14.vii.2012 ; 1 ♀, W env. of Luga , 25.vii.2012 ; 1 ♀, Trubnikovo , 19.ix.2012 .

REMARKS. P. binaevella is a widespread and rather common species, which was earlier reported for the region only by K. Moeberg (1925) (Sestroretsk, Lahta, Leningrad). I observed it in a great number of localities, including A. Petrovoj (29.vii.2012) and Khyul’gyuzi (18.vii.2015). Imagoes actively migrate occurring in any open habitats. They are often attracted to light.

DISTRIBUTION. The Palaearctic except for northern areas ( Roesler 1965, 1973; Sinev 1986; Karsholt & Razowski 1996; Leraut 2014; Sinev et al. 2019).