Phycitodes lacteella is a species of snout moth first described by Walter Rothschild in 1915. It is found in most of Europe (except Ireland, Great Britain, Norway, the Benelux, Switzerland, the Baltic region, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Croatia and Ukraine), Algeria, Morocco and Turkey.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Phycitodes lacteella 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
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Pyralidae
- Genus
- Phycitodes
- Species
- Phycitodes lacteella
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