Crambus hamella

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Crambus hamella
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Crambus
Species:
C. hamella
Binomial name
Crambus hamella
(Thunberg, 1788)
Synonyms
  • Tinea hamellaThunberg, 1788
  • Crambus hamellus
  • Palparia baccaestriaHaworth, 1811
  • Tinea ensigerellaHübner, 1813
  • Argyroteuchia ensigeralisHübner, 1816

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 .

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References

  1. ↑ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2012-03-18.
  2. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  3. ↑ Savela, Markku. "Crambus Fabricius, 1798". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. as Crambus hamellus. Retrieved November 30, 2017.
  4. ↑ mothphotographersgroup
  5. ↑ "microlepidoptera.nl". Archived from the original on 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2012-03-19.
  6. ↑ 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
  7. ↑ Mark Parsons, Sean Clancy, David Wilson A Guide to the Pyralid and Crambid Moths of Britain and Ireland: Atropos, England. ISBN:9780955108648
  8. ↑ UKmoths


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