Eudonia angustea explained

Eudonia angustea is a moth of the family Crambidae described by John Curtis in 1827. It is found in southern and western Europe, the Canary Islands, Madeira and Turkey.[1]

The wingspan is 17–22 mm.The forewings are narrow, whitish, mixed with brownish and sprinkled with black; base darker; lines whitish, dark-edged, first oblique,second sinuate ; orbicular outlined with black ; claviform black, touching first line; a black X-shaped discal mark,upper half filled with light brownish ; subterminal line cloudy,whitish, hardly touching second. Hindwings are whitish-grey,terminally obscurely darker.The larva is blackish-grey, slightly greenish-tinged; spots darker or almost black ; head pale brown ; plate of 2 dark brown or almost black.[2]

Adults are on wing from July to late autumn.[3]

The larvae feed on mosses on walls and in sand dunes.

Notes and References

  1. https://fauna-eu.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/c34bcb50-6740-4aec-ba07-ba0baa2404ac "Eudonia angustea (Curtis, 1827)"
  2. Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf Keys and description
  3. https://ukmoths.org.uk/species/eudonia-angustea/ "63.069 BF1342 Eudonia angustea (Curtis, 1827)