Selagia spadicella
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pyralidae |
Genus: | Selagia |
Species: | S. spadicella
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Binomial name | |
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Selagia spadicella is a species of snout moth. It is found in most of Europe (except Ireland, Great Britain, Portugal, Spain and Slovenia),[2] as well as in Turkey and North Africa (including Morocco).[1]
The wingspan is 23–28 mm.[3] Adults are on wing from July to September.
The larvae feed on Calluna and Teucrium species.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "World Pyraloidea Database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ microlepidoptera.nl Archived 2011-05-01 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Lepidoptera of Belgium Archived 2007-05-16 at the Wayback Machine