Schrankia taenialis

White-line snout
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Genus:	Schrankia
Species:	S. taenialis
Binomial name
Schrankia taenialis (Hübner, 1809)
Synonyms
Pyralis taenialis Hübner, 1809 Crambus albistrigalis Haworth, 1809 Cledeobia acuminalis Herrich-Schäffer, 1851

Schrankia taenialis, the white-line snout, is a species of moth of the family Erebidae. It is found from Central Europe to Sardinia, Sicily, North Turkey and Azerbaijan.

Technical description and variation

For a key to the terms used, see Glossary of entomology terms.

H. taenialis Hbn. (= albistrigatis Haw., albistrigatus Stph., acuminalis H.-Sch., albistrigalis Guen.) Forewing brownish; a fine black dash beneath costa at base; inner line dentate, blackish; outer black, outwardly whitish-edged, indistinct towards costa, straight and conspicuous in lower half; cellspot dark, obscure, paler posteriorly; subterminal line pale, indistinct; hindwing light grey.[1] The wingspan is 18–24 mm.

Biology

Adults are on wing in summer. There are two generations per year.

The larvae feed on Melampyrum, Calluna and Thymus species

References

1. Warren. W. in Seitz, A. Ed., 1914 Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde, Verlag Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart Band 3: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen eulenartigen Nachtfalter, 1914 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

External links

• White-line snout on UKmoths
• Fauna Europaea
• Lepiforum.de
• Vlindernet.nl (in Dutch)