Cynaeda gigantea
Cynaeda gigantea is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. It is found in France, Switzerland, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Romania, the Republic of Macedonia, Greece and Turkey.[1]
| Cynaeda gigantea | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Cynaeda |
| Species: | C. gigantea |
| Binomial name | |
| Cynaeda gigantea (Wocke, 1871) | |
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The larvae feed Anchusa and Onosma species. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a large, inflated blotch. The frass is deposited in a central mass. Pupation takes place within the mine in a cocoon in the frass clump.[2]
References
- Fauna Europaea
- "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-03-20.
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