Eudonia angustea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Eudonia
Species:
E. angustea
Binomial name
Eudonia angustea
(J.Curtis, 1827)
Synonyms
  • Eudorea angustea J.Curtis, 1827
  • Eudorea acuminatella Stainton, 1859
  • Eudorea coarctata Zeller, 1846
  • Eudorea hesperella Heydenreich, 1851
  • Scoparia coarctalis var. napolitalis Millière, 1870
  • Scoparia imparilis Dyar, 1929
  • Scoparia vafra Meyrick, 1913

Eudonia angustea is a moth of the family Crambidae described by John Curtis in 1827. It is found in southern and western Europe, the Canary Islands, Madeira and Turkey.[1]

The wingspan is 17–22 mm.The forewings are narrow, whitish, mixed with brownish and sprinkled with black; base darker; lines whitish, dark-edged, first oblique,second sinuate ; orbicular outlined with black ; claviform black, touching first line; a black X-shaped discal mark,upper half filled with light brownish ; subterminal line cloudy,whitish, hardly touching second. Hindwings are whitish-grey,terminally obscurely darker.The larva is blackish-grey, slightly greenish-tinged; spots darker or almost black ; head pale brown ; plate of 2 dark brown or almost black.[2]

Adults are on wing from July to late autumn.[3]

Figs. 8 larva after final moult 8a enlarged figure of two segments

The larvae feed on mosses on walls and in sand dunes.

References

  1. ↑ "Eudonia angustea (Curtis, 1827)". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved March 4, 2018.
  2. ↑ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description
  3. ↑ "63.069 BF1342 Eudonia angustea (Curtis, 1827). UKMoths. Retrieved March 4, 2018.


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