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. he forewings are pale ochre in both sexes. In the apical area there is an oblique characteristic line, which can also be very weak or almost invisible. Specimens with a reduced apical line are called Form uniformata Dufrane, 1946.

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.