Ancylolomia palpella
| Ancylolomia palpella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Ancylolomia[1] |
| Species: | A. palpella |
| Binomial name | |
| Ancylolomia palpella (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Ancylolomia palpella is a species of moth in the Crambidae family. It is found in Belgium, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, Croatia, Romania, Bulgaria, the Republic of Macedonia, Albania, Greece, Ukraine, Russia,[2] Transcaucasia, Asia Minor, Lebanon, the Palestinian Territories, Iraq, Syria, Iran and Central Asia.[3]
The wingspan is 31–36 mm for males and 34–45 mm for females. Adults are on wing from June to October in two generations per year.[4]
The larvae feed in the stems of various grasses within a silken gallery. Pupation takes place in a cocoon covered in grass detritus.
Subspecies
- Ancylolomia palpella palpella (Europe, western Russia, the Ural, Transcaucasia, Asia Minor, the Palestinian Territories, Iraq, Syria, Iran)
- Ancylolomia palpella syriaca Rebel, 1911 (the Palestinian Territories, Lebanon, Asia Minor, Syria, Iraq)
- Ancylolomia palpella gracilella Caradja, 1916 (Central Asia: Aulie-Ata)
References
- ↑ "World Pyraloidea Database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2012-03-16.
- ↑ Fauna Europaea
- ↑ Ancylolomia at funet
- ↑ LOT Moths and Butterflies
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