Eudonia lacustrata
Eudonia lacustrata is a species of moth of the family Crambidae described by Georg Wolfgang Franz Panzer in 1804. It is found in Europe, north-west Africa, Asia from Turkey, Iran and Syria[1] to Siberia and the western part of China (Hunan). The subspecies E. lacustrata persica is found in Iran and Armenia.
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Crambidae |
Genus: | Eudonia |
Species: | E. lacustrata |
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Eudonia lacustrata (Panzer, 1804) | |
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The wingspan is 16–18 mm. The forewings are grey whitish, sometimes mixed with light ochreous-yellowish, sprinkled with black. Pale central fascia and black-brown antemedial and subterminal cross-lines edged with yellowish white.
The moth flies from May to August depending on the location.
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The larvae feed on various mosses.
References
- Li, W.-c., 2012: One new species of the genus Eudonia Billberg (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Scopariinae) from China. Entomotaxonomia 34 (2): 267–269.
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