Pediasia contaminella explained

Pediasia contaminella is a species of moth in the family Crambidae described by Jacob Hübner in 1796.[1] It is found in almost all of Europe,[2] Asia Minor, the Caucasus, Transcaucasia, Iraq, Iran, the Kopet Dagh and Minusinsk.

The wingspan is 17–19 mm.[3] It differs from Pediasia aridella as follows : forewings without blackish submediaii streak from base, median line less oblique, with more strongly marked discal indentation, nearly parallel to second.[4]

Adults are on wing in July and August.[5]

The larvae feed on Poa species (including Poa maritima and Poa borreri) and Festuca ovina.[6] They live in a silken tube.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: GlobIZ search . Global Information System on Pyraloidea . March 15, 2012.
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304210019/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=443118 Fauna Europaea
  3. http://www.microlepidoptera.nl/soorten/species.php?p=1&speciescode=431060 Microlepidoptera.nl
  4. Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf Keys and description
  5. https://ukmoths.org.uk/show.php?bf=1323 UKMoths
  6. Web site: Savela . Markku . Pediasia Hübner, [1825] ]. Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms . December 21, 2017.