Pediasia truncatellus | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Crambidae |
Genus: | Pediasia |
Species: | P. truncatellus |
Binomial name | |
Pediasia truncatellus (Zetterstedt, 1839) [1] | |
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Pediasia truncatellus is a species of moth in the family Crambidae described by Johan Wilhelm Zetterstedt in 1839. It is found in Fennoscandia, northern Russia, the Baltic region, the Czech Republic [2] and Canada. [3]
The wingspan is 25–30 mm. [4] [5] Adults are on wing in June and July in northern Europe and in June North America.
The larvae possibly feed on Sphagnum species.