Biology:Crambus hamella
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Crambus |
| Species: | C. hamella
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| Crambus hamella (Thunberg, 1788)
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Crambus hamella is a species of moth in the family Crambidae described by Carl Peter Thunberg in 1788.[1] It is found in most of Europe (except the Iberian Peninsula and most of the Balkan Peninsula),[2] east to the Russian Far East (Amur, Sakhalin) and Japan .[3] It is also found in North America, including Alberta, Arizona, Manitoba, Michigan, Oklahoma and Ontario.[4]
The wingspan is 18–23 mm.[5] The forewings with apex slightly produced; brown, posteriorly whitish-sprinkled, terminally suffused with white ; a broad snow - white pointed median longitudinal streak from base, not reaching second line, lower edge with a projection in middle ; second line angulated, silvery - white, anteriorly dark-edged ; a triangular white subapical spot ; several terminal longitudinal black marks ; cilia metallic. Hindwings are grey..[6]
Adults are on wing from July to August in generation per year.[7]
The larvae feed on grasses, possibly including Deschampsia flexuosa.
Subspecies
- Crambus hamella hamella (Eurasia)
- Crambus hamella carpenterellus Packard, 1874 (North America)
References
- ↑ "GlobIZ search". http://globiz.pyraloidea.org/Pages/Reports/TaxonReport.aspx. Retrieved 2012-03-18.
- ↑ Fauna Europaea
- ↑ Savela, Markku. "Crambus Fabricius, 1798". as Crambus hamellus. http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/pyraloidea/crambidae/crambinae/crambus/. Retrieved November 30, 2017.
- ↑ mothphotographersgroup
- ↑ "microlepidoptera.nl". http://www.microlepidoptera.nl/soorten/species.php?speciescode=430870&p=1.
- ↑ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description
- ↑ UKmoths
Wikidata ☰ Q4036632 entry
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