Isauria dilucidella

Isauria dilucidella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Isauria[1]
Species: I. dilucidella
Binomial name
Isauria dilucidella
(Duponchel, 1836)
Synonyms
  • Phycis dilucidella Duponchel, 1836
  • Adelosemia odontella Ragonot, 1893
  • Adelosemia satanella Ragonot, 1887
  • Adelosemia subsoritella Ragonot, 1887
  • Divona (Megasis) parvella Amsel, 1951
  • Divona shahidanella Amsel, 1970
  • Eucarphia incredibilis Staudinger, 1879
  • Pseudomegasis gabalitella Chrétien, 1931
  • Isauria ledereri (Ragonot, 1893)
  • Megasis cuencella Caradja, 1916
  • Myelois crepusculella Lederer, 1870
  • Myelois ilignella Zeller, 1839
  • Megasis ilignella grisescens D. Lucas, 1950
  • Phycis laternella Eversmann, 1844

Isauria dilucidella is a species of moth in the family Pyralidae. It was described by Duponchel in 1836. It is found in most of Europe (except Portugal, Ireland, Great Britain, Fennoscandia, the Benelux, Poland and the Baltic region),[2] Algeria, the United Arab Emirates,[3] Syria, Lebanon, the Palestinian Territories, Iraq, Turkmenistan, Mongolia,[4] as well as Georgia, Kazakhstan, Armenia, Turkey, Iran and Afghanistan.

The wingspan is 19–24 mm.[5]

The larvae feed on Lotus corniculatus and Astragalus monspessulanus. They are reddish-brown and yellowish ventrally and with a yellow head. They live in a spun tube.

References

  1. ↑ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
  2. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  3. ↑ Afro Moths
  4. ↑ New data for Pyraloidea from Fuerteventura (Canary Islands, Spain) including a species new to Science (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea) Archived 2012-09-25 at the Wayback Machine.
  5. ↑ lepidoptera.pl


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