Selagia spadicella

Selagia spadicella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pyralidae
Genus:	Selagia
Species:	S. spadicella
Binomial name
Selagia spadicella (Hubner, 1796)[1]
Synonyms
Tinea spadicella Hubner, 1796 Tinea janthinella Hubner, 1813 Nephopteryx janthinella var. saltuella Mann, 1862 Pterothrix brunneella D. Lucas, 1956 Selagia spadicella isabellella Zerny, 1935 Selagia spadicella declaratella Zerny, 1927

Selagia spadicella is a species of snout moth. It is found in most of Europe (except Ireland, Great Britain, Portugal, Spain and Slovenia),[2] as well as in Turkey and North Africa (including Morocco).[1]

The wingspan is 23–28 mm.[3] Adults are on wing from July to September.

The larvae feed on Calluna and Teucrium species.[4]

References

1. "World Pyraloidea Database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
2. Fauna Europaea
3. microlepidoptera.nl Archived 2011-05-01 at the Wayback Machine
4. Lepidoptera of Belgium Archived 2007-05-16 at the Wayback Machine