Pima boisduvaliella

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Pima boisduvaliella
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Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Pima
Species:
P. boisduvaliella
Binomial name
Pima boisduvaliella
(Guenee, 1845)
Synonyms
  • Epischnia boisduvaliellaGuenée, 1845
  • Anerastia farrellaJ. Curtis, 1850
  • Pima lefauryellaConstant, 1865

Pima boisduvaliella is a species of snout moth. [1] It is found in most of Europe (except Ireland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Ukraine and most of the Balkan Peninsula), [2] Asia, including Mongolia and Kazakhstan [3] and northern North America, including Alberta. [4]

The wingspan is 22–26 mm. Adults are on wing from June to August. [5]

The larvae feed on Anthyllis , Lotus , (including Lotus corniculatus ), Ononis , Astragalus and Lathyrus maritimus . They feed inside the pods of their host plants.

References

  1. "World Pyraloidea Database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2012-02-17.
  2. Fauna Europaea
  3. Species Page at BOLD Barcoding Project
  4. mothphotographersgroup
  5. UKmoths