| Pyloetis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tineidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmecozelinae |
| Genus: | Pyloetis Meyrick, 1907 |
| Species: | P. mimosae |
| Binomial name | |
| Pyloetis mimosae (Stainton, 1859) | |
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Pyloetis is a moth genus, belonging to the family Tineidae. It consists of only one species, Pyloetis mimosae, which is found in Asia, including Japan and Taiwan.
The wingspan is about 15 mm.
The larvae feed within seed pods of Leucaena leucocephala and Acacia nilotica.
