''Catoptria biformellus'' is a species of

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

in the family Crambidae described by

Hans Rebel Hans Rebel (2 September 1861 – 19 May 1940) was an Austrian entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera. Rebel, who had an early interest in natural history and butterflies, first became a lawyer. He devoted his spare time to studying Lepidop ...

in 1893. It is found in

Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedon ...

and

Transcaucasia The South Caucasus, also known as Transcaucasia or the Transcaucasus, is a geographical region on the border of Eastern Europe and Western Asia, straddling the southern Caucasus Mountains. The South Caucasus roughly corresponds to modern Arme ...

. The

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is 24–26 mm.lepiforum.de
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Subspecies

*''Catoptria biformellus biformellus'' *''Catoptria biformellus klimeschi'' Ganev, 1983 (Bulgaria) ''

Catoptria majorellus ''Catoptria majorellus'' is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Alexander Kirilow Drenowski in 1925 and is found in Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria, ...

'' is sometimes also treated as a subspecies of ''Catoptria biformellus''.

References

Moths described in 1893 Crambini Moths of Europe Moths of Asia {{Crambini-stub