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Ancylolomia palpella

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Crambidae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Ancylolomia

Ancylolomia palpella is a species of moth in the Crambidae family. It is found in Belgium, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, Croatia, Romania, Bulgaria, the Republic of Macedonia, Albania, Greece, Ukraine, Russia, Transcaucasia, Asia Minor, Lebanon, the Palestinian Territories, Iraq, Syria, Iran and Central Asia.

The wingspan is 31–36 mm for males and 34–45 mm for females. Adults are on wing from June to October in two generations per year.

The larvae feed in the stems of various grasses within a silken gallery. Pupation takes place in a cocoon covered in grass detritus.

Subspecies

  • Ancylolomia palpella palpella (Europe, western Russia, the Ural, Transcaucasia, Asia Minor, the Palestinian Territories, Iraq, Syria, Iran)
  • Ancylolomia palpella syriaca Rebel, 1911 (the Palestinian Territories, Lebanon, Asia Minor, Syria, Iraq)
  • Ancylolomia palpella gracilella Caradja, 1916 (Central Asia: Aulie-Ata)
  • References

    Ancylolomia palpella Wikipedia