Eudonia lacustrata

Eudonia lacustrata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Eudonia
Species:
E. lacustrata
Binomial name
Eudonia lacustrata
(Panzer, 1804)
Synonyms
List
    • Phalaena lacustrata Panzer, 1804
    • Phalaena crataegella sensu Hübner, 1796: misidentified
    • Dipleurina lacustrata f. heimi Leraut, 1984
    • Dipleurina lacustrata f. unita Leraut, 1984
    • Scoparia crataegella
    • Eudorea pusilla Westwood in Humphreys & Westwood, 1841
    • Eudonia lacustrata persica Leraut, 1984
Larva

Eudonia lacustrata is a species of moth of the family Crambidae described by Georg Wolfgang Franz Panzer in 1804. It is found in Europe, north-west Africa, Asia from Turkey, Iran and Syria[1] to Siberia and the western part of China (Hunan). The subspecies E. lacustrata persica is found in Iran and Armenia.

The wingspan is 16–18 mm (0.63–0.71 in).[citation needed]

The moth flies from May to August depending on the location.[citation needed] The larvae feed on various mosses.[citation needed]

  1. ^ Li, W.-c., 2012: One new species of the genus Eudonia Billberg (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Scopariinae) from China. Entomotaxonomia 34 (2): 267–269.