Glyptoteles is a monotypic moth genus belonging to the family Pyralidae. Its single species, described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1848, Glyptoteles leucacrinella, is found in most of Europe except Great Britain, Ireland, Fennoscandia, Portugal and most of the Balkan Peninsula.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Glyptoteles leucacrinella being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Eccopisa effractella
- Apomyelois bistriatella
- Ephestia elutella
- Euzophera fuliginosella
- Ephestia woodiella
- Cryptoblabes gnidiella
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Pyralidae
- Genus
- Glyptoteles
- Species
- Glyptoteles leucacrinella
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