Biology:Ancylolomia tentaculella
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Short description: Species of moth
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Subfamily: | Crambinae |
| Tribe: | Ancylolomiini |
| Genus: | Ancylolomia |
| Species: | A. tentaculella
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| Ancylolomia tentaculella (Hübner, 1796)[1]
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Ancylolomia tentaculella is a species of moth of the family Crambidae.
Distribution
It is found in Southern and Central Europe, Anatolia and the Middle East.
Description
The wingspan is 30–34 mm.
♂
♂ △
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Biology
The moth flies from June to July in England; in Southern Europe they fly from June to September.[2]
The larvae feed on larger grasses.
References
- ↑ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. http://globiz.pyraloidea.org/Pages/Reports/TaxonReport.aspx. Retrieved 2014-08-01.
- ↑ F. Slamka, Pyraloidea of Central Europe, Bratislava, 2010
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q2238223 entry
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