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Catoptria mytilella

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Crambidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Catoptria

Catoptria mytilella

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Catoptria mytilella is a species of moth in the Crambidae family. It is found in large parts of Europe (except Ireland, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Fennoscandia, Denmark, the Baltic region, Ukraine and Portugal), Asia Minor and the northern Caucasus.

The wingspan is 17–25 mm. Adults are on wing from mid June to late July in one generation per year.

The larvae possibly feed on mosses.

Subspecies

  • Catoptria mytilella mytilella
  • Catoptria mytilella vilarrubiae (Agenjo, 1954) (Spain)
  • References

    Catoptria mytilella Wikipedia