Pediasia contaminella

Pediasia contaminella is a species of moth in the family Crambidae described by Jacob Hübner in 1796.[1] It is found in almost all of Europe,[2] Asia Minor, the Caucasus, Transcaucasia, Iraq, Iran, the Kopet Dagh and Minusinsk.

Pediasia contaminella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Pediasia
Species:
P. contaminella
Binomial name
Pediasia contaminella
(Hubner, 1796)
Synonyms
  • Tinea contaminella Hubner, 1796
  • Tinea contaminalis Hübner, [1825]
  • Crambus cantiellus Tutt, 1886
  • Crambus contaminellus ab. fumosellus Caradja, 1931
  • Crambus contaminellus f. sticheli Costantini, 1922
  • Crambus contaminellus f. vernellus Turati, 1922
  • Pediasia squalidalis Hübner, 1816

The wingspan is 17–19 mm.[3] It differs from Pediasia aridella as follows : forewings without blackish submediaii streak from base, median line less oblique, with more strongly marked discal indentation, nearly parallel to second.[4]

Adults are on wing in July and August.[5]

The larvae feed on Poa species (including Poa maritima and Poa borreri) and Festuca ovina.[6] They live in a silken tube.

References
  1. "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved March 15, 2012.
  2. Fauna Europaea
  3. Microlepidoptera.nl
  4. Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description
  5. UKMoths
  6. Savela, Markku. "Pediasia Hübner, [1825]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 21, 2017.



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