Ancylolomia tentaculella
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Crambidae |
Subfamily: | Crambinae |
Tribe: | Ancylolomiini |
Genus: | Ancylolomia |
Species: | A. tentaculella
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Binomial name | |
Ancylolomia tentaculella | |
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Ancylolomia tentaculella is a species of moth of the family Crambidae.
Distribution
[edit]It is found in Southern and Central Europe, Anatolia and the Middle East.
Description
[edit]The wingspan is 30–34 mm.
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Biology
[edit]The moth flies from June to July in England; in Southern Europe they fly from June to September.[2]
The larvae feed on larger grasses.
References
[edit]- ^ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-08-01.
- ^ F. Slamka, Pyraloidea of Central Europe, Bratislava, 2010
External links
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