Eudonia angustea

Eudonia angustea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Eudonia
Species:	E. angustea
Binomial name
Eudonia angustea (J.Curtis, 1827)
Synonyms
Eudorea angusteaJ.Curtis, 1827 Eudorea acuminatellaStainton, 1859 Eudorea coarctataZeller, 1846 Eudorea hesperellaHeydenreich, 1851 Scoparia coarctalis var. napolitalisMillière, 1870 Scoparia imparilisDyar, 1929 Scoparia vafraMeyrick, 1913

Eudonia angustea is a moth of the family Crambidae described by John Curtis in 1827. It is found in southern and western Europe, the Canary Islands, Madeira and Turkey. ^[1]

The wingspan is 17–22 mm (0.67–0.87 in). The forewings are narrow, whitish, mixed with brownish and sprinkled with black; base darker; lines whitish, dark-edged, first oblique, second sinuate; orbicular outlined with black; claviform black, touching first line; a black X-shaped discal mark, upper half filled with light brownish; subterminal line cloudy, whitish, hardly touching second. Hindwings are whitish-grey, terminally obscurely darker. The larva is blackish-grey, slightly greenish-tinged; spots darker or almost black; head pale brown; plate of 2 dark brown or almost black. ^{[2] [3]}

Adults are on wing from July to late autumn. ^[4]

Figs. 8 larva after final moult 8a enlarged figure of two segments

The larvae feed on mosses on walls and in sand dunes.

References

1. "Eudonia angustea (Curtis, 1827)". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved March 4, 2018.
2. Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain . Keys and description
3. Mark Parsons, Sean Clancy, David Wilson A Guide to the Pyralid and Crambid Moths of Britain and Ireland: Atropos, England. ISBN   9780955108648
4. "63.069 BF1342 Eudonia angustea (Curtis, 1827). UKMoths. Retrieved March 4, 2018.

External links

• Lepiforum.de