Eudonia angustea

Eudonia angustea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Eudonia
Species:	E. angustea
Binomial name
Eudonia angustea (J.Curtis, 1827)
Synonyms
Eudorea angustea J.Curtis, 1827 Eudorea acuminatella Stainton, 1859 Eudorea coarctata Zeller, 1846 Eudorea hesperella Heydenreich, 1851 Scoparia coarctalis var. napolitalis Millière, 1870 Scoparia imparilis Dyar, 1929 Scoparia vafra Meyrick, 1913

Eudonia angustea is a moth of the Crambidae family. It is found in southern and western Europe, the Canary Islands, Madeira and Turkey.^[1]

The wingspan is 17–22 mm. Adults are on wing from July to late autumn.^[2]

The larvae feed on mosses on walls and in sand-dunes.

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