Selagia spadicella

Selagia spadicella is a species of snout moth. It is found in most of Europe (except Ireland, Great Britain, Portugal, Spain and Slovenia),[2] as well as in Turkey and North Africa (including Morocco).[1]

Selagia spadicella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Pyralidae
Genus:
Selagia
Species:
S. spadicella
Binomial name
Selagia spadicella
(Hubner, 1796)[1]
Synonyms
  • Tinea spadicella Hubner, 1796
  • Tinea janthinella Hubner, 1813
  • Nephopteryx janthinella var. saltuella Mann, 1862
  • Pterothrix brunneella D. Lucas, 1956
  • Selagia spadicella isabellella Zerny, 1935
  • Selagia spadicella declaratella Zerny, 1927

The wingspan is 23–28 mm.[3] Adults are on wing from July to September.

The larvae feed on Calluna and Teucrium species.[4]

References
  1. "World Pyraloidea Database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
  2. Fauna Europaea
  3. microlepidoptera.nl Archived 2011-05-01 at the Wayback Machine
  4. Lepidoptera of Belgium Archived 2007-05-16 at the Wayback Machine


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