Loxostege manualis

Loxostege manualis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Loxostege[1]
Species: L. manualis
Binomial name
Loxostege manualis
(Geyer, 1832)
Synonyms
  • Pyralis manualis Geyer, 1832
  • Pyrausta manualis furvalis Eversmann, 1842
  • Pyrausta furvalis Hampson, 1913

Loxostege manualis is a species of moth in the Crambidae family. It is found in Sweden, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, Spain, Italy, Hungary, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Romania, Bulgaria, the Republic of Macedonia, Albania, Greece[2] and Russia.

The wingspan is 19–23 mm. Adults are on wing from May to June.[3]

The larvae feed on Achillea millefolium.[4]

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