Scoparia pyralella
| Scoparia pyralella | |
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| Scoparia pyralella | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Hexapoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Scoparia |
| Species: | S. pyralella |
| Binomial name | |
| Scoparia pyralella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) | |
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Scoparia pyralella, common name meadow grey, is a species of moth of the Crambidae family. [1]
Distribution
This species can be found in most of Europe. [2][3] It is quite common over most of Britain. It inhabits fields and forests.[4]
Description
Scoparia pyralella has a wingspan of 17–20 mm. [4][5] These small moths have pale brown or whitish forewings with darker brown markings and transversal white lines. Hindwings are whitish.[5]
This species is rather similar to Scoparia ambigualis, Scoparia ancipitella, Scoparia basistrigalis, Scoparia subfusca, Eudonia lineola and Eudonia murana.[4][6]
Biology
The moths fly from June to July depending on the location. [4][5] They are active mainly at dusk and night. The larvae feed on decaying leaves of various low-growing plants and perhaps on the roots of Senecio jacobaea. [4][5]
Bibliography
- Corley, M. F. V., Marabuto, E., & Pires, P. – 2007 - New Lepidoptera for the fauna of Portugal (Insecta: Lepidoptera). - SHILAP Revista de Lepidopterologia 35(139), 321-334.
- Heckford, R. J. (2011): A note on the larva of Scoparia pyralella ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). — Entomologist's Gazette 62: 1-6
- Ivinskis, P. – 1993 - Check-list of Lithuanian Lepidoptera - Vilnius, 210 pp.
- Martin, M.O. 1986 - Family Pyralidae - Pyralid moths -in: G. S. Medvedev (ed.), Keys to the Insects of the European Part of the USSR 4 (3): 232-244.