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Gesneria centuriella

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Crambidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Gesneria

Gesneria centuriella

Similar
  
Butterflies and moths, Donacaula mucronella, Evergestis frumentalis, Diasemia reticularis, Heliothela wulfeniana

Gesneria centuriella is a species of moth in the Crambidae family. It is found from Europe (Fennoscandia, Estonia, Russia, Poland, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, France, Iceland), east to Japan. It is also present in Greenland and northern North America.

The wingspan is 20–30 mm. The forewings are smoky gray to dark brown. The hindwings are lighter, smoky gray near the terminus and lighter medially. Adults are on wing from mid June to July in North America.

Subspecies

  • Gesneria centuriella centuriella (Eurasia)
  • Gesneria centuriella beringiella Munroe, 1972 (Alaska to British Columbia)
  • Gesneria centuriella borealis (Duponchel, 1835) (Greenland)
  • Gesneria centuriella caecalis (Walker, [1859]) (Alaska and Canada to New York, Massachusetts, Oregon, Idaho)
  • Gesneria centuriella ninguidalis (Hulst, 1886) (Arizona, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana)

    • References

    Gesneria centuriella Wikipedia
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