Eudonia phaeoleuca explained

Eudonia phaeoleuca is a species of nocturnal moth in the family Crambidae.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Subspecies

• Eudonia phaeoleuca phaeoleuca Zeller, 1846
• Eudonia phaeoleuca fuscella (Turati, 1915) (Italy)
• Eudonia phaeoleuca nevadensis (Zerny in Rebel & Zerny, 1927) (Spain)

Etymology

The species name derives from the Greek word Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: φαιός, meaning grey, and refers to the color of the wings.^[4]

Distribution

This species can be found in Spain, France, Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Poland, Slovakia, on the Balkan Peninsula,^[5] in Turkey and in Russia.

Description

These rather inconspicuous moths are usually greyish-brownish. Their labial palps are elongated and project straightly, This species is very similar to Eudonia lacustrata (Panzer, 1804).^[4]

Biology

These moths are nocturnal.^[6] Adults fly fromJuly to September.^[7] They develop a complete metamorphosis which involves a pupal stage(holometabolous). It can be assumed that they feed on mosses, as in the most related species.

Bibliography

• Rákosy, L., Goia, M. & Z. Kovács (2003): Catalogul Lepidopterelor României – Verzeichnis der Schmetterlinge Rumäniens: 1-447. Cluj-Napoca (Societatea lepidopterologică romană) [PDF auf lepidoptera.ro].
• Erstbeschreibung: Zeller, P. C. (1846): Die Arten der Gattung Eudorea. — Linnaea Entomologica 1: 262-318 + tab. 2.

External links

• Lepinet
• Naturdata
• Invertebrados Insectarium Virtual

Notes and References

1. Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D. Catalogue of life
2. Beccaloni G., Scoble M., Kitching I., Simonsen T., Robinson G., Pitkin B., Hine A. & Lyal C. (2019). LepIndex: The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (version 12.3, Jan 2012). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2019 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Ower G., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds.). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2019. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X.
3. https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/pyraloidea/crambidae/scopariinae/eudonia/#phaeoleuca Funet
4. https://lepiforum.org/wiki/page/Eudonia_phaeoleuca Lepiforum
5. https://fauna-eu.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/bc824c6c-b97d-4a20-808f-7060f802f8ad Fauna Europaea
6. https://eol.org/pages/259087 EoL
7. https://oreina.org/artemisiae/observatoire/index.php?module=fiche&action=fiche&d=hetero&id=248342 Oreina