Eudonia lacustrata

Eudonia lacustrata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Eudonia
Species:
E. lacustrata
Binomial name
Eudonia lacustrata
(Panzer, 1804)
Synonyms
List
    • Phalaena lacustrata Panzer, 1804
    • Phalaena crataegella sensu Hübner, 1796: misidentified
    • Dipleurina lacustrata f. heimi Leraut, 1984
    • Dipleurina lacustrata f. unita Leraut, 1984
    • Scoparia crataegella
    • Eudorea pusilla Westwood in Humphreys & Westwood, 1841
    • Eudonia lacustrata persica Leraut, 1984
Larva

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.

The wingspan is 16–18 mm (0.63–0.71 in).[citation needed] Forewings whitish, sometimes mixed with light ochreous-yellowish, sprinkled with black ; base black-marked ; lines whitish, blackish-edged, first irregular, second rather sinuate ; orbicular and claviform dot-like, black ; a black X-shaped discal mark ; terminal area grey mixed with black, subterminal line white, interrupted in middle. Hindwings whitish-grey, darker terminally. Larva yellowish-green ; spots brownish-green ; head and plate of 2 black-brown: on mosses; 3, 4. [2]

The moth flies from May to August depending on the location.[citation needed] The larvae feed on various mosses.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ Li, W.-c., 2012: One new species of the genus Eudonia Billberg (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Scopariinae) from China. Entomotaxonomia 34 (2): 267–269.
  2. ^ 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


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