Eudonia lacustrata

Eudonia lacustrata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Eudonia
Species: E. lacustrata
Binomial name
Eudonia lacustrata
(Panzer, 1804)
Synonyms
  • Phalaena lacustrata Panzer, 1804
  • Phalaenea 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

Eudonia lacustrata is a species of moth of the family Crambidae. 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. The moth flies from May to August depending on the location.

The larvae feed on various mosses.

References

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