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Sorrel Owlet
Scythris potentillella
Scythris potentillella is a moth of the Scythrididae family. It was described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1847. It is found from most of Europe (except Ireland, Portugal, Italy, most of the Balkan Peninsula, Ukraine, Latvia and Estonia) to Asia Minor. The habitat consists of dry sandy areas.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 522797.