Chrysocrambus linetella

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Chrysocrambus linetella

Chrysocrambus linetella is a species of moth in the family Crambidae.[1]

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Chrysocrambus linetella
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Chrysocrambus linetella
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Subfamily: Crambinae
Tribe: Crambini
Genus: Chrysocrambus
Species:
C. linetella
Binomial name
Chrysocrambus linetella
(Fabricius, 1781)
Synonyms
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    • Tinea linetella Fabricius, 1781
    • Chrysocrambus cassentiniellus (Herrich-Schaffer, 1848)
    • Chrysocrambus linetellus
    • Crambus craterellus var. caspicus Caradja, 1910
    • Crambus cassentiniellus Herrich-Schäffer, 1848
    • Crambus cassentiniellus f. distinctus Müller-Rutz, 1920
    • Crambus cassentiniellus Zeller, 1849
    • Crambus cassentiniellus f. marioni Dufrane, 1960
    • Crambus chrysocrossis Meyrick, 1936
    • Crambus craterellus f. zonatellus Gelin & Lucas, 1914
    • Tinea lineatus Fabricius, 1798
    • Chrysocrambus linetella pseudocraterellus Bleszynski, 1958
    • Chrysocrambus bleszynskii Amsel, 1959
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Subspecies

  • Chrysocrambus linetella linetella (Europe, Transcaucasia, Asia Minor, Syria, Jordan, Iran, Turkestan)
  • Chrysocrambus linetella caspicus (Caradja, 1910) (Armenia)
  • Chrysocrambus linetella pseudocraterellus Bleszynski, 1958 (Iraq, Iran)

Distribution

This species can be found in Great Britain, France, Spain, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania, Montenegro, the Republic of North Macedonia, Greece, Bulgaria, Turkey, Romania,[2] Transcaucasia, Asia Minor, Armenia, Syria, Jordan, Iraq, Iran, and Turkmenistan.[3]

Description

The wingspan is 20–27 mm.[4] The basic color of the upperside forewings is whitish, with several longitudinal brown lines and two transverse brown lines.

It is very similar to Chrysocrambus craterella, but it can be distinguished by the less curved course of the median line and by the lack at the apex of the forewings of a double soft brown line. It could be overlooked as Thisanotia chrysonuchella.[5]

Biology

Adults are on wing from June to the end of August in one generation per year.[6] The larvae feed on roots of grasses (Poaceae species).[7]

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