Eudonia lacustrata

Eudonia lacustrata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Eudonia
Species:	E. lacustrata
Binomial name
Eudonia lacustrata (Panzer, 1804)
Synonyms
List Phalaena lacustrata Panzer, 1804 Phalaena crataegella sensu Hübner, 1796: misidentified Dipleurina lacustrata f. heimi Leraut, 1984 Dipleurina lacustrata f. unita Leraut, 1984 Scoparia crataegella Eudorea pusilla Westwood in Humphreys & Westwood, 1841 Eudonia lacustrata persica Leraut, 1984

Larva

Eudonia lacustrata is a species of moth of the family Crambidae described by Georg Wolfgang Franz Panzer in 1804. It is found in Europe, north-west Africa, Asia from Turkey, Iran and Syria^[1] to Siberia and the western part of China (Hunan). The subspecies E. lacustrata persica is found in Iran and Armenia.

The wingspan is 16–18 mm (0.63–0.71 in).^{[citation needed]} Forewings whitish, sometimes mixed with light ochreous-yellowish, sprinkled with black; base black-marked; lines whitish, blackish-edged, first irregular, second rather sinuate; orbicular and claviform dot-like, black; a black X-shaped discal mark; terminal area grey mixed with black, subterminal line white, interrupted in middle. Hindwings whitish-grey, darker terminally. Larva yellowish-green; spots brownish-green; head and plate of 2 black-brown: on mosses; 3, 4.^[2]

The moth flies from May to August depending on the location.^{[citation needed]} The larvae feed on various mosses.^{[citation needed]}

References

1. Li, W.-c., 2012: One new species of the genus Eudonia Billberg (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Scopariinae) from China. Entomotaxonomia 34 (2): 267–269.
2. Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description

External links

• Waarneming.nl (in Dutch)
• Lepidoptera of Belgium
• Eudonia lacustrata at UKMoths