Biology:Crombrugghia laetus

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Short description: Species of plume moth

Crombrugghia laetus
Cronbrugghia laetus, Sarnau, North Wales, June 2011 (2) (19718549232).jpg
Cronbrugghia laetus male genitalia preparation
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Crombrugghia
Species:
C. laetus
Binomial name
Crombrugghia laetus
(Zeller, 1847)[1]
Synonyms

Crombrugghia laetus, also known as the scarce light plume is a moth of the family Pterophoridae, found in southern Europe, North Africa, the Canary Islands, Asia Minor and Iraq. It was first described by the German entomologist, Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1847.

Description

The forewings are light brownish-ochreous, more or less suffused with fuscous with two obscure whitish bars on the segments. The cilia have a few black scales. The costal and dorsal have whitish bars. The hindwings are dark grey. The dorsal scale-tooth at 2/3 is small.[2]

The wingspan is 14–23 millimetres (0.55–0.91 in).[3]

The larvae feed on the flowers of Andryala species including common Andryala (Andryala integrifolia), Andryala pinnatifida and Hieracium tomentosum.[4]

References


Wikidata ☰ Q5187577 entry