Myelois
# Myelois

Myelois is a genus of small moths belonging to the family Pyralidae. They are found in western Eurasia and adjacent regions such as the Maghreb.

Species of Myelois include:

* Myelois albistriga Erschoff, 1874
* Myelois cinctipalpella Christoph, 1877
* Myelois circumvoluta (Fourcroy, 1785) – thistle ermine
* Myelois cribratella Zeller, 1847
* Myelois echinopisella Chrétien, 1911
* Myelois famula Zeller, 1881
* Myelois fuscicostella Mann, 1861
* Myelois multiflorella Ragonot, 1887
* Myelois mystica Roesler, 1988
* Myelois osseella Ragonot, 1887
* Myelois ossicolor Ragonot, 1893
* Myelois pluripunctella Ragonot, 1887
* Myelois pollinella Christoph, 1877
* Myelois urbicella Erschoff, 1874
* Myelois vestaliella Erschoff, 1874

Formerly included here were related genera like Apomyelois. The genus Kyra is sometimes listed as a junior synonym of Myelois, but its type species is usually now placed in Eurhodope (as E. cirrigerella).

## Footnotes

* ↑ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved August 22, 2017.
* 1 2 3 See references in Savela (2009)
* ↑ FE (2011) contra references in Savela (2009)
