Hypochalcia ahenella

Hypochalcia ahenella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pyralidae
Genus:	Hypochalcia
Species:	H. ahenella
Binomial name
Hypochalcia ahenella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
Synonyms
Tinea ahenella Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775 Crambus obscuratus Haworth, 1796 Hypochalcia ghilianii Staudinger, 1870 Hypochalcia fasciatella Staudinger, 1881 Hypochalcia ahenella var. caucasica Ragonot, 1893 Hypochalcia hulstiella Ragonot, 1887 Hypochalcia lugubrella E. M. Hering, 1924 Hypochalcia robustella Toll, 1938 Oncocera arduella Bruand, 1848 Palparia tetrix Haworth, 1811 Phycis luridella Schläger, 1848 Phycis bistrigella Duponchel, 1836 Phycis fuliginella Duponchel, 1836 Phycis melanella var. bruneo-violaceella Bruand, 1850 Phycis rubiginella Treitschke, 1832 Tinea aeneella Hübner, 1796

Hypochalcia ahenella is a species of snout moth in the genus Hypochalcia. It was described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775 and is known from most of Europe, Turkey,[1] and Texas in the US.

The wingspan is 23–32 mm.[2] Adults are on wing from May to the end of August.[3]

The larvae probably feed on Helianthemum species and/or Artemisia campestris.[4]

References

1. Fauna Europaea
2. "microlepidoptera.nl". Archived from the original on 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2012-02-06.
3. Lot Moths and Butterflies
4. UKmoths