Eudonia mercurella
- Phalaena mercurella redirects here. The species called thus by Zetterstedt in 1839 was actually Eudonia murana.
Eudonia mercurella | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Crambidae |
Genus: | Eudonia |
Species: | E. mercurella |
Binomial name | |
Eudonia mercurella | |
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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 moth flies from June to August depending on the location.
The larvae feed on various mosses.
References
- ↑ Li, W.-c., 2012: One new species of the genus Eudonia Billberg (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Scopariinae) from China. Entomotaxonomia 34 (2): 267–269.
External links
- waarneming.nl (in Dutch)
- Lepidoptera of Belgium
- Eudonia mercurella at UKmoths
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