Titanio normalis

Titanio normalis is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. It is found in Spain, Italy, Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Romania, Bulgaria, the Republic of Macedonia, Greece, Belarus, Russia[1] and Turkey.[2]

Titanio normalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Subfamily: Odontiinae
Tribe: Odontiini
Genus: Titanio
Species:
T. normalis
Binomial name
Titanio normalis
(Hubner, 1796)
Synonyms
  • Pyralis normalis Hubner, 1796
  • Pyralis comitalis Hübner, 1819
  • Noctuomorpha normalis var. ancyrensis O. Hofmann, 1898
  • Titanio normata Duponchel, 1844

The larvae feed on Convolvulus species. They mine the leaves of their host plant. Young larvae create several small irregular, full depth blotch mines. Older larvae live in a dirt-covered silken tube that stretches from the ground up to a leaf. They mine the leaf from within this tube. Pupation takes place outside of the mine.[3] Larvae can be found in September.

References
  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. "World Pyraloidea Database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2012-03-07.
  3. bladmineerders.nl


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