Evergestis aenealis

Evergestis aenealis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Evergestis[1]
Species: E. aenealis
Binomial name
Evergestis aenealis
(Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
Synonyms
  • Pyralis aenealis Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775
  • Evergestis aenealis dimorphalis Osthelder, 1938
  • Evergestis aenealis ab. obscurialis Verity, 1904
  • Homochroa mitralis Hübner, 1825
  • Evergestis aenealis obscura Toll, 1948
  • Pyralis furvalis Hübner, 1796
  • Pyralis rufimitralis Hübner, 1796

Evergestis aenealis is a species of moth in the Crambidae family. It is found in most of Europe, except Ireland, Great Britain, the Benelux, Portugal, Slovenia and Ukraine.[2]

The wingspan is 24 to 28 millimetres (0.94 to 1.10 in).[3] Adults are on wing from April to August in two generations per year.

The larvae feed on Brassicaceae species.

References

  1. ↑ "World Pyraloidea Database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2012-03-21.
  2. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  3. ↑ LOT Moths and Butterflies


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