Eudonia mercurella

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Eudonia mercurella
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Eudonia
Species:
E. mercurella
Binomial name
Eudonia mercurella
Synonyms
  • Phalaena (Tinea) mercurellaLinnaeus, 1758
  • Eudorea concinnellaJ. Curtis, 1850
  • Eudorea frequentellaStainton, 1849
  • Eudorea portlandicaHumphreys & Westwood, 1841
  • Eudonia mercurella puellaLeraut, 1982

Eudonia mercurella is a species of moth of the family Crambidae. It is found in Europe, western China, Iran, Lebanon, Turkey, and north-western Africa. [1]

The wingspan is 16–19 mm. The forewings are dark black variously mixed with brown and with a darker band along the distal edge of the pale antemedian line. The pale postmedian line is usually distinct against the dark ground colour.

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

Figs. 6, 6a, 6b, 6c, 6dlarvae in various stages of growth 6e enlarged figure of two segments of 6 Buckler W The larvae of the British butterflies and moths PlateCLV.jpg
Figs. 6, 6a, 6b, 6c, 6dlarvae in various stages of growth 6e enlarged figure of two segments of 6

The larvae feed on various mosses.

Phalaena mercurella described by Zetterstedt in 1839 was actually Eudonia murana .

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References

  1. ↑ Li, W.-c., 2012: One new species of the genus Eudonia Billberg (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Scopariinae) from China. Entomotaxonomia34 (2): 267–269.


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