Kingdom Animalia Subphylum Hexapoda Order Lepidoptera Scientific name Udea decrepitalis | Phylum Arthropoda Class Insecta Family Crambidae Rank Species | |
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Similar Udea hamalis, Ecpyrrhorrhoe rubiginalis, Paratalanta hyalinalis, Udea, Donacaula mucronella | ||
Udea decrepitalis is a moth of the Crambidae family. It is found in most of Europe (except Iceland, Ireland, the Iberian Peninsula, the Benelux, Denmark, Greece, Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary and Ukraine), east into Russia.
The wingspan is 23–27 mm. Adults are on wing from May to July.
The larvae feed on Dryopteris carthusiana.
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