Cataclysta lemnata

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Small china-mark
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Cataclysta
Species:
C. lemnata
Binomial name
Cataclysta lemnata
Synonyms
  • Cataclysta lemnaeG. W. Müller, 1892
  • Cataclysta lemnata ab. ochraceaHauder, 1910
  • Cataclysta lemnata brunneospersaOsthelder, 1935
  • Cataclysta lemnata confirmataKrulikovsky, 1909
  • Cataclysta confirmataKrulikovsky, 1907
  • Cataclysta limnalisBerce, 1878
  • Phalaena limnataFabricius, 1787
  • Phalaena gemmataHufnagel, 1767
  • Phalaena Tinea bordellaGoeze, 1783
  • Phalaena Tortrix albanaO. F. Müller, 1764
  • Phalaena uliginataFabricius, 1794
  • Pyralis lemnalisDenis & Schiffermüller, 1775
  • Tinea marginatellaFourcroy, 1785

Cataclysta lemnata, the small china-mark, [2] is a moth species of the family Crambidae. It is found in Europe (including Great Britain and Ireland), [2] Morocco and Iran. [3]

Adults of the species are sexually dimorphic. [3] The wingspan is 18–19 mm for males and 22–24 mm for females. The forewings are white. The costa, discal spot and a series of terminal spots are all fuscous. The hindwings are white with scattered pale fuscous scales. [4] Meyrick describes it- The forewings in male are whitish, with a yellowish-fuscous discal dot, traces of lines, and a pale brownish terminal streak; in female pale brownish, ochreous-mixed, with a darker discal spot, lines very indistinct, whitish, darker-edged, a whitish siibterminal streak. Hindwings are white; a dark fuscous discal dot; lines outlined with fuscous, sometimes nearly obsolete, first preceded by a yellow or fuscous spot in disc; subterminal and terminal ochreous lines enclosing a black fascia marked with four bluish-silvery dots. The larva is dark green or blackish; dorsal line black; head pale brown. [5] See also Parsons et al. [6]

Figs 1, 1a, 1b. 1c larvae in various stages of growth 1d larva in natural state in its case, among duckweed (1e) Buckler W The larvae of the British butterflies and moths PlateCLI.jpg
Figs 1, 1a, 1b. 1c larvae in various stages of growth 1d larva in natural state in its case, among duckweed (1e)

The moth flies from May to August depending on the location.

Larvae are semiaquatic. [3] C. lemnata larvae have been recorded feeding on duckweed species (including Lemna species [3] and Spirodela polyrhiza [7] ), as well as water ferns of the genus Azolla . [3] The species is known to pupate in cocoons [7] or shelters [3] built from plant material.

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References

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  2. 1 2 "Small China-mark Cataclysta lemnata". UKMoths. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Farahpour-Haghani, Atousa; Hassanpour, Mahdi; Alinia, Faramarz; Nouri-Ganbalani, Gadir; Razmjou, Jabraeil; Agassiz, David (20 January 2017). "Water ferns Azolla spp. (Azollaceae) as new host plants for the small China-mark moth, Cataclysta lemnata (Linnaeus, 1758) (Lepidoptera, Crambidae, Acentropinae)". Nota Lepidopterologica. 40 (1): 1–13. doi: 10.3897/nl.40.10062 . ISSN   2367-5365.
  4. ↑ Agassiz, David J. L. (2012). "The Acentropinae (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae) of Africa" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3494: 1–73. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3494.1.1. ISBN   978-1-86977-986-3.
  5. ↑ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain . Keys and description
  6. ↑ Mark Parsons, Sean Clancy, David Wilson A Guide to the Pyralid and Crambid Moths of Britain and Ireland: Atropos, England. ISBN:9780955108648
  7. 1 2 Pabis, Krzysztof (2014). "Life cycle, host plants and abundance of caterpillars of the aquatic moth Cataclysta lemnata (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) in the post-glacial lake in central Poland" (PDF). North-Western Journal of Zoology. 10 (2): 441–444. ISSN   1843-5629 . Retrieved 30 January 2017.


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