Xanthocrambus saxonellus

Xanthocrambus saxonellus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Xanthocrambus[1]
Species: X. saxonellus
Binomial name
Xanthocrambus saxonellus
(Zincken, 1821)
Synonyms
  • Chilo saxonellus Zincken, 1821
  • Chilo chrysellus chrysellus Treitschke, 1832
  • Crambus saxonellus var. carentellus Christoph, 1888

Xanthocrambus saxonellus is a species of moth in the Crambidae family. It is found in France, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Slovenia, Italy, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republic of Macedonia, Albania, Greece, Belarus,[2] Turkmenistan,[1] Asia Minor, Transcaucasia, Armenia[3] and China.

The wingspan is 19–23 mm.[4] Adults are on wing from mid May to August.

The larvae feed on Gramineae species.[5]

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