Eudonia laetella
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Eudonia |
| Species: | E. laetella |
| Binomial name | |
| Eudonia laetella (Zeller, 1846) | |
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Eudonia laetella is a species of moth in the family Crambidae described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1846.[1] It is found in Fennoscandia, the Baltic region, Belarus, Russia, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republic of Macedonia, Greece, Slovenia, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Germany and Belgium.[2]
The wingspan is 16–20 mm. Adults are on wing in January and from June to August.
The larvae feed on moss on trunks.[3]
References
- ^ Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2017). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved March 4, 2018.
- ^ "Eudonia laetella (Zeller, 1846)". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved March 4, 2018.
- ^ Savela, Markku. "Eudonia laetella (Zeller, 1846)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved March 4, 2018.