Eudonia alpina

Eudonia alpina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Eudonia[1]
Species:	E. alpina
Binomial name
Eudonia alpina (Curtis, 1850)
Synonyms
Eudorea alpina Curtis, 1850 Eudorea borealis Tengström, 1848 Eudonia japanalpina Inoue, 1982 Eudonia lugubralis madgei Munroe, 1972 Eudorea gracilalis Stainton, 1855 Eudoria persimilalis McDunnough, 1961 Scoparia alpina var. lapponica Caradja, 1916 Scoparia lugubralis Walker, 1866 Eudonia lugubralis Scoparia phycitinalis Dyar, 1929

Eudonia alpina is a species of moth in the Crambidae family. It is found in Great Britain, Fennoscandia, Estonia, Russia,^[2] Japan^[1] and North America, including Alaska, Alberta, Newfoundland, Minnesota, Ohio and West Virginia.^[3]

The wingspan is 20–25 mm. Adults are on wing in June and July in Europe.^[4]

The larvae probably feed on mosses or lichens.

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