Biology:Catoptria mytilella

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Short description: Species of moth

Catoptria mytilella
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Catoptria
Species:
C. mytilella
Binomial name
Catoptria mytilella
(Hubner, 1805)
Synonyms
  • Crambus mitylellus Tinea mytilella
  • Hubner, 1805 Agenjo, 1954
  • Duponchel, 1836 Catoptria mytilalis
  • Catoptria mytilella hermesi Hübner, 1825
  • Crambus villarubiae (Ganev, 1987)
  • Agenjo, 1954 Crambus mytilella vilarrubiae

Catoptria mytilella is a species of moth in the family Crambidae described by Jacob Hübner in 1805.[1] It is found in large parts of Europe (except Ireland, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Fennoscandia, Denmark , the Baltic region, Ukraine and Portugal),[2] Asia Minor and the northern Caucasus.[3]

The wingspan is 17–25 mm.[4] Adults are on wing from mid-June to late July in one generation per year.

The larvae possibly feed on mosses.[5]

Subspecies

  • Catoptria mytilella mytilella
  • Catoptria mytilella vilarrubiae (Agenjo, 1954) (Spain)

References

Wikidata ☰ Q5053904 entry