Eudonia angustea

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Eudonia angustea
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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
  • 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.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 Buckler W The larvae of the British butterflies and moths PlateCLV.jpg
Figs. 8 larva after final moult 8a enlarged figure of two segments

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

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References

  1. "Eudonia angustea (Curtis, 1827)". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved March 4, 2018.
  2. Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf PD-icon.svg 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.