Donacaula forficella

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Donacaula forficella
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Male
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Donacaula
Species:
D. forficella
Binomial name
Donacaula forficella
(Thunberg, 1794)
Synonyms
  • Schoenobius forficella
  • Tinea forficellaThunberg, 1794
  • Chilo caudellusStephens, 1834
  • Donacaula forficella f. intermediaDufrane, 1957
  • Donacaula forficella f. tripartitaDufrane, 1957
  • Palparia caudeaHaworth, 1811
  • Palparia consortaHaworth, 1811
  • Palparia hirtaHaworth, 1811
  • Schoenobius forficellus ab. uniformataDufrane, 1946
  • Tinea consortellaHübner, 1796
  • Tinea lanceolellaHübner, 1810
  • Topeutis lanceolalisHübner, 1825

Donacaula forficella is a species of moth of the family Crambidae described by Carl Peter Thunberg in 1794. It is found in China (Heilongjiang), [1] Europe and South Africa. [2]

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Illustration from John Curtis's British Entomology Volume 6

The wingspan is 25–30 mm. The forewings are yellow with a fuscous band along the upper margin of the cell and a fuscous spot at the lower angle of the cell. The moth flies from May to September depending on the location.

The larvae feed on Carex , Glyceria maxima and Phragmites .

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References

  1. Chen, Fu-Qiang; Wu, Chun-Sheng (April 2014). "Taxonomic review of the subfamily Schoenobiinae (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae) from China". Zoological Systematics. 39 (2): 163–208. doi:10.11865/zs20140201. Archived from the original on July 2, 2014.
  2. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Donacaula forficella (Thunberg, 1794)". Afromoths. Retrieved March 1, 2018.