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]
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Crambidae |
Genus: | Eudonia |
Species: | E. angustea
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Binomial name | |
Eudonia angustea (J.Curtis, 1827)
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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]
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The larvae feed on mosses on walls and in sand dunes.
References
edit- ^ "Eudonia angustea (Curtis, 1827)". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved March 4, 2018.
- ^ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description
- ^ "63.069 BF1342 Eudonia angustea (Curtis, 1827). UKMoths. Retrieved March 4, 2018.