Ancylolomia palpella

Ancylolomia palpella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Ancylolomia^[1]
Species:	A. palpella
Binomial name
*Ancylolomia palpella* (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
Synonyms
Tinea palpella Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775 Ancylolomia palpella var. sovinskyi Krulikovsky, 1909 Ancylolomia palpella gracilella Caradja, 1916 Ancylolomia palpigeralis Hübner, 1825 Ancylolomia palpella syriaca Rebel, 1911 Ancylolomia affinis Rothschild, 1921 Ancylolomia syriaca var. mesopotamica Rebel, 1918

Ancylolomia palpella is a species of moth in the Crambidae family. It is found in Belgium, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, Croatia, Romania, Bulgaria, the Republic of Macedonia, Albania, Greece, Ukraine, Russia,^[2] Transcaucasia, Asia Minor, Lebanon, the Palestinian Territories, Iraq, Syria, Iran and Central Asia.^[3]

The wingspan is 31–36 mm for males and 34–45 mm for females. Adults are on wing from June to October in two generations per year.^[4]

The larvae feed in the stems of various grasses within a silken gallery. Pupation takes place in a cocoon covered in grass detritus.

Subspecies

Ancylolomia palpella palpella (Europe, western Russia, the Ural, Transcaucasia, Asia Minor, the Palestinian Territories, Iraq, Syria, Iran)
Ancylolomia palpella syriaca Rebel, 1911 (the Palestinian Territories, Lebanon, Asia Minor, Syria, Iraq)
Ancylolomia palpella gracilella Caradja, 1916 (Central Asia: Aulie-Ata)