Loxostege ephippialis

Loxostege ephippialis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Loxostege[1]
Species: L. ephippialis
Binomial name
Loxostege ephippialis
(Zetterstedt, 1839)
Synonyms
  • Botys ephippialis Zetterstedt, 1839
  • Titanio ephippialis
  • Boreophila frigidalis Guenée, 1854
  • Boreophila scandinavialis Guenée, 1854
  • Loxostege dubitaria Zetterstedt, 1839

Loxostege ephippialis is a species of moth in the Crambidae family. It is found in Norway, Sweden, Finland,[2] Russia and North America (from Labrador west to the Northwest Territories and the Rocky Mountains and south to Wyoming and Colorado).

The wingspan is 16–21 mm. The ground colour of the wings is bluish gray.[3] Adults are on wing from June to mid July in both North America and Europe.

References

  1. ↑ "World Pyraloidea Database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2012-03-22.
  2. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  3. ↑ University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum