| Crambus hamella | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Crambus |
| Species: | C. hamella |
| Binomial name | |
| Crambus hamella (Thunberg, 1788) | |
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Crambus hamella is a species of moth in the family Crambidae described by Carl Peter Thunberg in 1788. [1] It is found in most of Europe (except the Iberian Peninsula and most of the Balkan Peninsula), [2] east to the Russian Far East (Amur, Sakhalin) and Japan. [3] It is also found in North America, including Alberta, Arizona, Manitoba, Michigan, Oklahoma and Ontario. [4]
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The wingspan is 18–23 mm. [5] The forewings with apex slightly produced; brown, posteriorly whitish-sprinkled, terminally suffused with white; a broad snow - white pointed median longitudinal streak from base, not reaching second line, lower edge with a projection in middle; second line angulated, silvery - white, anteriorly dark-edged; a triangular white subapical spot; several terminal longitudinal black marks; cilia metallic. Hindwings are grey. [6] See also Parsons et al. [7]
Adults are on wing from July to August in generation per year. [8]
The larvae feed on grasses, possibly including Deschampsia flexuosa .
