Eudonia angustea

Eudonia angustea
Scientific classification
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 Crambidae family. It is found in southern and western Europe, the Canary Islands, Madeira and Turkey.[1]

The wingspan is 17–22 mm. Adults are on wing from July to late autumn.[2]

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

References

  1. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  2. ↑ UKmoths


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