Uresiphita gilvata

Uresiphita gilvata is a moth of the family Crambidae. It was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1794 and is found in Europe and North Africa.

Uresiphita gilvata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Crambidae
Genus:
Uresiphita
Species:
U. gilvata
Binomial name
Uresiphita gilvata
(Fabricius, 1794)
Synonyms
  • Phalaena gilvata Fabricius, 1794
  • Mecyna gilvata
  • Mecyna polygonalis
  • Uresiphita limbalis Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775 (nec Linnaeus, 1767)
  • Pyralis polygonalis Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775
  • Pyralis diversalis Hubner, 1796
  • Pyralis rusticalis Hubner, 1796
  • Botys polygonalis var. meridionalis Wocke, 1871
  • Mecyna deprivalis Walker, 1859
  • Uresiphita polygonalis carbonalis (Caradja, 1939)
  • Mecyna aversalis Guenée, 1854
  • Uresiphita gilvata virescens (Butler, 1881)

The wingspan is 29–37 mm. The forewing is greyish to light brown sometimes whitish bands either side of the median area (sometimes obsolete).The hindwing is pale or bright yellow with a black margin. The lines vary from faint to clear. The postmedian line is undulating and the antemedian line is almost straight.

Adults are on wing from September to October depending on the location.

The larva feed on various low-growing herbaceous plants, including Genista, Cytisus and Ulex.

It is listed as a synonym of Uresiphita polygonalis by some sources.[1]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Uresiphita polygonalis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 23, 2018.


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