Crombrugghia tristis

Crombrugghia tristis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Crombrugghia
Species: C. tristis
Binomial name
Crombrugghia tristis
(Zeller, 1841)
Synonyms
  • Pterophorus tristis Zeller, 1841
  • Oxyptilus tristis

Crombrugghia tristis is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in most of Europe, except the Benelux, Great Britain, Ireland and Scandinavia.[1] It is also known from southern Siberia, Asia Minor and central Asia.[2] The habitat consists of sandy areas overgrown with Hieracium.

The wingspan is 16–17 millimetres (0.63–0.67 in),[3] making it the smallest species in the Crombrugghia genus. It is greyish, light-brown coloured.[4]

The larvae feed on Hieracium echioides, Hieracium umbeliferum, Hieracium dubium, Hieracium cymosum, Hieracium piloselloides, Hieracium fallax, Hieracium pilosella and Hieracium amplexicaule.[5]

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