Xanthocrambus saxonellus explained

Xanthocrambus saxonellus is a species of moth in the family Crambidae described by Johann Leopold Theodor Friedrich Zincken in 1821. It is found in France, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Slovenia, Italy, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia, Albania, Greece, Belarus,[1] Turkmenistan,[2] Asia Minor, Transcaucasia, Armenia[3] and China.

The wingspan is 19–23 mm.[4] Adults are on wing from mid-May to August.

The larvae feed on Gramineae species.[5]

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20140903064034/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=443142 Fauna Europaea
  2. Web site: Nuss . M. . etal . 2003–2017 . GlobIZ search . Global Information System on Pyraloidea . November 23, 2017.
  3. Web site: Savela . Markku . Xanthocrambus Bleszynski, 1955 . Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms . November 23, 2017.
  4. http://www.wmap.cz/opk/mot/motyl/mot1181.htm Ochrana přírody a krajiny v Hlavním městě Praze
  5. https://archive.today/20120802032044/http://webh01.ua.ac.be/vve/Checklists/Lepidoptera/Crambidae/Xsaxonellus.htm Lepidoptera of Belgium

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