Xanthocrambus saxonellus

Xanthocrambus saxonellus is a species of moth in the family Crambidae described by Johann Leopold Theodor Friedrich Zincken in 1821. It is found in France, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Slovenia, Italy, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republic of Macedonia, Albania, Greece, Belarus,[2] Turkmenistan,[1] Asia Minor, Transcaucasia, Armenia[3] and China.

Xanthocrambus saxonellus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Crambidae
Genus:
Xanthocrambus[1]
Species:
X. saxonellus
Binomial name
Xanthocrambus saxonellus
(Zincken, 1821)
Synonyms
  • Chilo saxonellus Zincken, 1821
  • Chilo chrysellus chrysellus Treitschke, 1832
  • Crambus saxonellus var. carentellus Christoph, 1888

The wingspan is 19–23 mm.[4] Adults are on wing from mid-May to August.

The larvae feed on Gramineae species.[5]

References
  1. Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2017). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved November 23, 2017.
  2. Fauna Europaea
  3. Savela, Markku. "Xanthocrambus Bleszynski, 1955". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 23, 2017.
  4. Ochrana přírody a krajiny v Hlavním městě Praze
  5. Lepidoptera of Belgium


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