Donacaula mucronella

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Donacaula mucronella
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Donacaula
Species:
D. mucronella
Binomial name
Donacaula mucronella
Synonyms
  • Tinea mucronellaDenis & Schiffermüller, 1775
  • Crambus mucronatusFabricius, 1798
  • Tinea acuminella Hübner, 1805
  • Thopeutis acuminalis Hübner, 1825

Donacaula mucronella is a species of moth of the family Crambidae. It is found in Europe.

Fig. 6 larva after final moult 6a stem of Carex containing it Buckler W The larvae of the British butterflies and moths Plate CLIX.jpg
Fig. 6 larva after final moult 6a stem of Carex containing it

The wingspan is 22–26 mm for the male and 29–35 mm for females.The forewings are brown; an ochreous- whitish costal streak, edged below with dark fuscous suffusion. Hindwings fuscous-whitish. [1]

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

The larvae feed on Carex , Carex riparia , Glyceria maxima and Phragmites .

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References

  1. Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain . Keys and description