Biology:Cryptoblabes bistriga

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Short description: Species of moth

Cryptoblabes bistriga
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Cryptoblabes
Species:
C. bistriga
Binomial name
Cryptoblabes bistriga
(Haworth, 1811)[1][2]
Synonyms
  • Phycis bistriga Haworth, 1811
  • Ancylosis rutilella Zeller, 1839
  • Cryptoblabes loxiella Ragonot, 1887
  • Ilithyia obsoletella Heinemann, 1865

Cryptoblabes bistriga is a species of snout moth in the genus Cryptoblabes. It was described by Adrian Hardy Haworth in 1811.[1] It is found in most of Europe, except Portugal, parts of the Balkan Peninsula and Ukraine.

Fig. 2 larva after final moult

The wingspan is 18–20 mm.The forewings are fuscous, the veins broadly suffused with fuscous-reddish; lines whitish, first at 4, rather thick, straight, second very near termen, serrate; discal dots obscurely indicated; a whitish terminal suffusion. Hindwings light fuscous. Larva pale brown, darker-freckled; dorsal line darker; subdorsal and lateral blackish-brown; spiracular ochreous-whitish, double; a brown black-centred lateral spot on 3 and 12; head light brown: in folded leaves of oak and alder; 9, 10.[3][4][5][6]

They are on wing from late June to July.[7]

The larvae feed on the leaves of various trees, including Quercus, Alnus and Myrica species. They feed from within a folded leaf.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Nuss, M. (2003–2011). "GlobIZ search". http://globiz.pyraloidea.org/Pages/Reports/TaxonReport.aspx. Retrieved September 29, 2011. 
  2. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  3. ↑ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description
  4. ↑ lepiforum.de includes imagesPublic Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  5. ↑ Parsons, M. Clancey, C. 2023 A Guide to the Pyralid and Crambid Moths of Britain and Ireland Atropos Publishing ISBN 978-0-9551086-4-8
  6. ↑ Goater, B., Dyke . G. and Tweedie, R. 1986 British Pyralid Moths: A Guide to Their Identification ISBN 978-0-946589-08-1
  7. ↑ UKMoths

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