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Sciota rhenella is a moth of the family Pyralidae found in Europe. It was described by the German entomologist, Johann Leopold Theodor Friedrich Zincken in 1818. The caterpillars feed on poplars (Populus species).
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Sciota rhenella 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
- Tlascala reductella
- Sciota hostilis
- Acrobasis consociella
- Meroptera pravella
- Sciota vetustella
- Meroptera cviatella
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Pyralidae
- Genus
- Sciota
- Species
- Sciota rhenella
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