Crambus lathoniellus

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Crambus lathoniellus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Crambus
Species:
C. lathoniellus
Binomial name
Crambus lathoniellus
Zincken, 1817
Synonyms
  • Chilo lathoniellusZincken, 1817
  • Crambus nemorellus
  • Crambus pratellus sensu auct nec Linnaeus
  • Crambus lathoniellusalfacarellus Staudinger, 1859
  • Crambus angustellusStephens, 1834
  • Crambus frassicolaRéal, 1988
  • Crambus pratellus var. altivolensSchawerda, 1913
  • Tinea nemorellaHübner, 1813
  • Argyroteuchia nemoralisHübner, 1825

Crambus lathoniellus is a species of moth of the family Crambidae described by Johann Leopold Theodor Friedrich Zincken in 1817. It is found in Europe, Central and South-East Asia.

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The wingspan is about 20 millimetres (0.79 in). In this Crambus a white longitudinal stripe emanates From the wing base ending sharply at an obliquely running dark line. In some specimens a white spot is formed in continuation and up to the submarginal line. The longitudinal strip has behind the center (seen from the base), closer to the submarginal line a "tooth" facing outwards and to the inner edge. Meyrick - Forewings with apex somewhat produced; brown, sometimes ochreous-mixed, in male with grey, in female with whitish blackish-edged interneural streaks; a subcostal white streak on basal half; a white median streak, upper edge straight, lower edge projecting in middle, cut by sharply angulated dark brown median line; second line angulated, white, edged with dark brown, preceded by white costal mark; a white terminal streak, with several black dots; cilia metallic. Hindwings rather dark grey. [1]

Larva greenish-grey or brownish-grey; dots darker; head brown, darker-marked: in silken galleries above or among roots of grasses.

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

The larvae feed on various grasses.

Subspecies

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References

  1. Mark Parsons, Sean Clancy, David Wilson A Guide to the Pyralid and Crambid Moths of Britain and Ireland: Atropos, England. ISBN:9780955108648