Crambus hamella

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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)
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]

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]

Adults are on wing from July to August in generation per year. [7]

The larvae feed on grasses, possibly including Deschampsia flexuosa .

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References

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