Biology:Gesneria centuriella

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Short description: Species of moth

Gesneria centuriella
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Gesneria
Species:
G. centuriella
Binomial name
Gesneria centuriella
(Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
Synonyms
  • Tinea centuriella Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775
  • Munroe, 1972 Walker, 1859
  • Guenée, 1854 Scoparia centuriella ab. obscura
  • Scoparia centuriella ninguidalis Caradja, 1916
  • Eudorea centuriella borealis Hulst, 1886
  • Krulikovsky, 1908 Scopula caliginosalis
  • Phycis quadratella Walker, 1866
  • Gesneria centuriella beringiella Duponchel in Lefebvre, 1836
  • Zetterstedt, 1839 Zetterstedt, 1839
  • Scoparia centuriella sachalinensis Hypena centuriella caecalis
  • Matsumura, 1925 Scopula numeralis
  • Scoparia centuriella f. confluella Scoparia centurialis

Gesneria centuriella is a species of moth in the family Crambidae described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775.[1] It is found from Europe (Fennoscandia, Estonia, Russia , Poland , Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Germany , Austria, Switzerland , Italy, France , Iceland),[2] east to Japan .[3] It is also present in Greenland and northern North America.[4]

The wingspan is 20–30 mm. The forewings are smoky gray to dark brown.[5] Adults are on wing from mid June to July in North America.

Subspecies

  • Gesneria centuriella centuriella (Eurasia)
  • Gesneria centuriella beringiella Munroe, 1972 (Alaska to British Columbia)
  • Gesneria centuriella borealis (Duponchel, 1835) (Greenland)
  • Gesneria centuriella caecalis (Walker, [1859]) (Alaska and Canada to New York, Massachusetts, Oregon, Idaho)
  • Gesneria centuriella ninguidalis (Hulst, 1886) (Arizona, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana)

References

Wikidata ☰ Q4039377 entry