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
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
  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.


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