Pediasia contaminella

Pediasia contaminella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Pediasia[1]
Species:	P. contaminella
Binomial name
Pediasia contaminella (Hubner, 1796)
Synonyms
Tinea contaminella Hubner, 1796 Tinea contaminalis Hübner, [1825] Crambus cantiellus Tutt, 1886 Crambus contaminellus ab. fumosellus Caradja, 1931 Crambus contaminellus f. sticheli Costantini, 1922 Crambus contaminellus f. vernellus Turati, 1922 Pediasia squalidalis Hübner, 1816

Pediasia contaminella is a species of moth in the Crambidae family. It is found in almost all of Europe,^[2] Asia Minor, the Caucasus, Transcaucasia, Iraq, Iran, the Kopet Dagh and Minussinsk.

The wingspan is 17–19 mm.^[3] Adults are on wing in July and August.^[4]

The larvae feed on Poa species (including Poa maritima and Poa borreri) and Festuca ovina.^[5] They live in a silken tube.

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