Cryptoblabes bistriga

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Cryptoblabes bistriga
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Cryptoblabes
Species:
C. bistriga
Binomial name
Cryptoblabes bistriga
(Haworth, 1811) [1] [2]
Synonyms
  • Phycis bistrigaHaworth, 1811
  • Ancylosis rutilellaZeller, 1839
  • Cryptoblabes loxiellaRagonot, 1887
  • Ilithyia obsoletellaHeinemann, 1865

Cryptoblabes bistriga is a species of snout moth in the genus Cryptoblabes . It was described by Adrian Hardy Haworth in 1811. [1] It is found in most of Europe, except Portugal, parts of the Balkan Peninsula and Ukraine.

Fig. 2 larva after final moult Buckler W The larvae of the British butterflies and moths Plate CLVIII.jpg
Fig. 2 larva after final moult

The wingspan is 18–20 mm.The forewings are fuscous, the veins broadly suffused with fuscous-reddish ; lines whitish, first at 4, rather thick, straight, second very near termen, serrate ; discal dots obscurely indicated ; a whitish terminal suffusion. Hindwings light fuscous. Larva pale brown, darker-freckled ; dorsal line darker; subdorsal and lateral blackish-brown ; spiracular ochreous-whitish, double ; a brown black-centred lateral spot on 3 and 12; head light brown: in folded leaves of oak and alder ; 9, 10. [3] [4] [5] [6]


They are on wing from late June to July. [7]

The larvae feed on the leaves of various trees, including Quercus , Alnus and Myrica species. They feed from within a folded leaf.

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