Phycitodes binaevella is a species of snout moth described by Jacob Hübner in 1813. It is found in most of Europe (except Portugal), Asia Minor, Lebanon and the Palestinian Territories.
The wingspan is . The forewings are distinctly dilated, pale brownish-ochreous, costal half suffused with white, with a few dark fuscous scales; first line indicated by a straight oblique series of three large dark fuscous dots; second pale, obscurely dark-edged; two large dark fuscous transversely placed discal dots. The hindwings arenlight fuscous. The larva is pale green; dorsal and subdorsal lines pink; spiracular pink, interrupted; head reddish-brown; plate of 2 posteriorly brownish: in flower-heads of .Cardwus lanceolatus.
There is one generation with adults on wing from July to August.
The larvae feed on Cirsium vulgare, Carduus, Aster, Tanacetum vulgare and Artemisia vulgaris.