Order Butterflies and moths | Rank Species | |
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Similar Chrysocrambus, Chrysocrambus craterellus, Ancylolomia tentaculella, Butterflies and moths, Agrotera nemoralis | ||
Crambus mordor chrysocrambus linetella nouvelle aquitaine bruitx
Chrysocrambus linetella is a species of moth in the Crambidae family.
Contents
- Crambus mordor chrysocrambus linetella nouvelle aquitaine bruitx
- Subspecies
- Distribution
- Description
- Biology
- References
Subspecies
Distribution
This species can be found in Great Britain, France, Spain, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania, the Republic of Macedonia, Greece, Bulgaria and Romania, Transcaucasia, Asia Minor, Armenia, Syria, Jordan, Iraq, Iran and Turkmenistan.
Description
The wingspan is 20–27 mm. The basic color of the upperside forewings is whitish, with several longitidinal brown lines and two transversal brown lines.
It is very similar to Chrysocrambus craterella, but it can be distinguished by the less curved course of the median line and by the lack at the apex of the forewings of a double soft brown line. It could be overlooked as Thisanotia chrysonuchella.
Biology
Adults are on wing from June to the end of August in one generation per year. The larvae feed on roots of grasses (Poaceae species).