Biology:Xanthocrambus saxonellus

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Short description: Species of moth

Xanthocrambus saxonellus
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Subfamily: Crambinae
Tribe: Crambini
Genus: Xanthocrambus
Species:
X. saxonellus
Binomial name
Xanthocrambus saxonellus
(Zincken, 1821)
Synonyms
  • Chilo saxonellus Zincken, 1821
  • Chilo chrysellus chrysellus Treitschke, 1832
  • Crambus saxonellus var. carentellus Christoph, 1888

Xanthocrambus saxonellus is a species of moth in the family Crambidae described by Johann Leopold Theodor Friedrich Zincken in 1821. It is found in France , Belgium, Germany , Switzerland , Austria, Slovenia, Italy, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia, Albania, Greece, Belarus ,[1] Turkmenistan,[2] Asia Minor, Transcaucasia, Armenia[3] and China .

The wingspan is 19–23 mm.[4] Adults are on wing from mid-May to August.

The larvae feed on Gramineae species.[5]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q8043005 entry