Catoptria mytilella
| Catoptria mytilella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Catoptria[1] |
| Species: | C. mytilella |
| Binomial name | |
| Catoptria mytilella (Hubner, 1805) | |
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Catoptria mytilella is a species of moth in the Crambidae family. It is found in large parts of Europe (except Ireland, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Fennoscandia, Denmark, the Baltic region, Ukraine and Portugal),[2] Asia Minor and the northern Caucasus.[3]
The wingspan is 17–25 mm.[4] Adults are on wing from mid June to late July in one generation per year.
The larvae possibly feed on mosses.[5]
Subspecies
- Catoptria mytilella mytilella
- Catoptria mytilella vilarrubiae (Agenjo, 1954) (Spain)
References
- ↑ "World Pyraloidea Database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2012-03-18.
- ↑ Fauna Europaea
- ↑ Catoptria at funet
- ↑ Swedish Moths
- ↑ Lepidoptera of Belgium