Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Crambidae Rank Genus | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Species S. acutella | |
Similar Butterflies and moths, Anania perlucidalis, Anania lancealis, Pyrausta nigrata, Anania fuscalis | ||
Sclerocona is a genus of moths of the Crambidae family. It contains only one species, Sclerocona acutella, which is found from Spain and Sicily north to Great Britain and Denmark and east to Siberia, Japan and China. It is an introduced species in eastern North America.
The wingspan is 25–28 mm. Adults are light brown.
The larvae have been recorded feeding on Zea, Lycopersicon, Humulus, Phragmites and Phaseolus species.
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