Catoptria mytilella

Catoptria mytilella is a species of moth in the family Crambidae described by Jacob Hübner in 1805.^[1] It is found in large parts of Europe (except Ireland, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Fennoscandia, Denmark, the Baltic region, Ukraine and Portugal),^[2] Asia Minor and the northern Caucasus.^[3]

Catoptria mytilella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Catoptria
Species:	C. mytilella
Binomial name
Catoptria mytilella (Hubner, 1805)
Synonyms
Tinea mytilella Hubner, 1805 Crambus villarubiae Agenjo, 1954 Catoptria mytilella hermesi (Ganev, 1987) Crambus mitylellus Duponchel, 1836 Catoptria mytilalis Hübner, 1825 Crambus mytilella vilarrubiae Agenjo, 1954

The wingspan is 17–25 mm.^[4] Adults are on wing from mid-June to late July in one generation per year.

The larvae possibly feed on mosses.^[5]

Subspecies

• Catoptria mytilella mytilella
• Catoptria mytilella vilarrubiae (Agenjo, 1954) (Spain)

References

1. "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2012-03-18.
2. Fauna Europaea^{[dead link]}
3. Savela, Markku. "Catoptria Hübner, [1825]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 29, 2017.
4. Swedish Moths
5. "Lepidoptera of Belgium". Archived from the original on 2007-05-16. Retrieved 2012-03-19.