Selagia spadicella

Selagia spadicella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Selagia
Species: S. spadicella
Binomial name
Selagia spadicella
(Hubner, 1796)[1]
Synonyms
  • Tinea spadicella Hubner, 1796
  • Tinea janthinella Hubner, 1813
  • Nephopteryx janthinella var. saltuella Mann, 1862
  • Pterothrix brunneella D. Lucas, 1956
  • Selagia spadicella isabellella Zerny, 1935
  • Selagia spadicella declaratella Zerny, 1927

Selagia spadicella is a species of snout moth. It is found in most of Europe (except Ireland, Great Britain, Portugal, Spain and Slovenia),[2] as well as in Turkey and North Africa (including Morocco).[1]

The wingspan is 23–28 mm.[3] Adults are on wing from July to September.

The larvae feed on Calluna[4] and Teucrium species.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 "World Pyraloidea Database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
  2. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  3. ↑ microlepidoptera.nl
  4. ↑ European Butterflies and Moths
  5. ↑ Lepidoptera of Belgium


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