Pediasia truncatellus

Pediasia truncatellus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Pediasia[1]
Species: P. truncatellus
Binomial name
Pediasia truncatellus
(Zetterstedt, 1839)
Synonyms
  • Chilo truncatellus Zetterstedt, 1839
  • Pediasia truncatella
  • Crambus abtrusellus Walker, 1863
  • Crambus lienigiellus Zeller, 1843
  • Crambus licnigiellus Hampson, 1896
  • Hypena rufinalis Walker, 1866

Pediasia truncatellus is a species of moth in the Crambidae family. It is found in Fennoscandia, northern Russia, the Baltic region, the Czech Republic[2] and Canada.[3]

The wingspan is 25–30 mm.[4] The forewings are dark reddish-brown, with a darker basal half. The hindwings are dark smoky.[5] Adults are on wing in June and July in northern Europe and in June North America.

The larvae possibly feed on Sphagnum species.

References

  1. ↑ "World Pyraloidea Database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2012-03-16.
  2. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  3. ↑ Pediasia at funet
  4. ↑ Swedish Moths
  5. ↑ University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum


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