Eudonia alpina

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Eudonia alpina
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Eudonia
Species:
E. alpina
Binomial name
Eudonia alpina
(Curtis, 1850)
Synonyms
  • Eudorea alpinaCurtis, 1850
  • Eudorea borealisTengström, 1848
  • Eudonia japanalpinaInoue, 1982
  • Eudonia lugubralis madgeiMunroe, 1972
  • Eudorea gracilalisStainton, 1855
  • Eudoria persimilalisMcDunnough, 1961
  • Scoparia alpina var. lapponicaCaradja, 1916
  • Scoparia lugubralisWalker, 1866
  • Eudonia lugubralis
  • Scoparia phycitinalisDyar, 1929

Eudonia alpina is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. [1] It is found in Great Britain, Fennoscandia, Estonia, Russia, [2] Japan [1] and North America, including Alaska, Alberta, Newfoundland, Minnesota, Ohio and West Virginia. [3]

The wingspan is 20–25 mm. Adults are on wing in June and July in Europe. [4]

The larvae probably feed on mosses or lichens.

References

  1. 1 2 "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2012-03-20.
  2. Fauna Europaea
  3. mothphotographersgroup
  4. UKmoths