Catoptria mytilella explained

Catoptria mytilella is a species of moth in the family Crambidae described by Jacob Hübner in 1805.[1] It is found in large parts of Europe (except Ireland, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Fennoscandia, Denmark, the Baltic region, Ukraine and Portugal),[2] Asia Minor and the northern Caucasus.[3]

The wingspan is 17–25 mm.[4] Adults are on wing from mid-June to late July in one generation per year.

The larvae possibly feed on mosses.[5]

Subspecies

Notes and References

  1. Web site: GlobIZ search . Global Information System on Pyraloidea . 2012-03-18 .
  2. http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=443182 Fauna Europaea
  3. Web site: Savela . Markku . Catoptria Hübner, [1825] ]. Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms . November 29, 2017.
  4. http://www.lepidoptera.se/species/catoptria_mytilella.aspx Swedish Moths
  5. Web site: Lepidoptera of Belgium . 2012-03-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070516015454/http://webh01.ua.ac.be/vve/Checklists/Lepidoptera/Crambidae/Cmytilella.htm . 2007-05-16 . dead .

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