Eudonia angustea | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Crambidae |
Genus: | Eudonia |
Species: | E. angustea |
Binomial name | |
Eudonia angustea (J.Curtis, 1827) | |
Synonyms | |
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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.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]
Adults are on wing from July to late autumn. [3]
The larvae feed on mosses on walls and in sand dunes.
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