Ortholepis vacciniella is a species of snout moth described by Friederike Lienig and Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1847.[1] It is found in Germany, Denmark, Poland, the Baltic region, Russia and Fennoscandia.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pyralidae |
| Genus: | Ortholepis |
| Species: | O. vacciniella
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| Ortholepis vacciniella | |
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The larvae feed on Vaccinium and dwarf birch (Betula nana).[4]
References
edit- ^ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved August 23, 2017.
- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ Swedish Moths
- ^ Savela, Markku. "Ortholepis Ragonot, 1887". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 24, 2017.
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