Eudonia pallida

Eudonia pallida
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Eudonia
Species: E. pallida
Binomial name
Eudonia pallida
(J. Curtis, 1827)[1]
Synonyms
  • Witlesia pallida
  • Eudorea pallida J. Curtis, 1827
  • Witlesia denigrata Costantini, 1923
  • Eudorea oertzeniella Herrich-Schäffer, [1848]
  • Eudorea oertziella Heydenreich, 1851

Eudonia pallida is a species of moth of the family Crambidae. It was described by John Curtis in 1827 and is known from most of Europe.

The wingspan is about 18 mm.[2] Adults are on wing in April to late September[3] in one generation per year.

The larvae feed on mosses and lichens at ground level. It has been reared from larvae found amongst the moss Calliergonella cuspidata.

References

  1. ↑ "Eudonia pallida (Curtis, 1827)". Fauna Europaea. Natural History Museum, Berlin. Retrieved March 4, 2018.
  2. ↑ "63.075 BF1336 Eudonia pallida (Curtis, 1827)". UKMoths. Retrieved March 4, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Lepidoptera of Belgium". Webh01.ua.ac.be. April 26, 2004. Retrieved October 11, 2011.


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