Eudonia angustea

Eudonia angustea is a moth of the family Crambidae described by John Curtis in 1827. It is found in southern and western Europe, the Canary Islands, Madeira and Turkey.[1]

Eudonia angustea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Crambidae
Genus:
Eudonia
Species:
E. angustea
Binomial name
Eudonia angustea
(J.Curtis, 1827)
Synonyms
  • Eudorea angustea J.Curtis, 1827
  • Eudorea acuminatella Stainton, 1859
  • Eudorea coarctata Zeller, 1846
  • Eudorea hesperella Heydenreich, 1851
  • Scoparia coarctalis var. napolitalis Millière, 1870
  • Scoparia imparilis Dyar, 1929
  • Scoparia vafra Meyrick, 1913

The wingspan is 17–22 mm.The forewings are narrow, whitish, mixed with brownish and sprinkled with black; base darker; lines whitish, dark-edged, first oblique,second sinuate ; orbicular outlined with black ; claviform black, touching first line; a black X-shaped discal mark,upper half filled with light brownish ; subterminal line cloudy,whitish, hardly touching second. Hindwings are whitish-grey,terminally obscurely darker.The larva is blackish-grey, slightly greenish-tinged; spots darker or almost black ; head pale brown ; plate of 2 dark brown or almost black.[2]

Adults are on wing from July to late autumn.[3]

Figs. 8 larva after final moult 8a enlarged figure of two segments

The larvae feed on mosses on walls and in sand dunes.

References
  1. "Eudonia angustea (Curtis, 1827)". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved March 4, 2018.
  2. Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description
  3. "63.069 BF1342 Eudonia angustea (Curtis, 1827). UKMoths. Retrieved March 4, 2018.


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