Eudonia murana

"Scotch gray" redirects here. For the chicken breed, see Scots Grey. For the cavalry unit, see Royal Scots Greys.

Eudonia murana

Illustration from John Curtis's British Entomology Volume 6
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Eudonia
Species:	E. murana
Binomial name
*Eudonia murana* (J.Curtis, 1827)
Synonyms
Eudorea murana (J.Curtis, 1827) Scoparia scoparia Scoparia murana var. tuoniana Hoffmann, 1893 Scoparia pseudomurana Muller-Rutz 1825 Scoparia ranica Strand 1920 Eudonia murana brusseauxi Leraut, 2003 Eudonia murana derrai Leraut, 1982 Lemmatophila antiquella Zetterstedt, 1839 Scoparia muralis Guenée, 1854 Scoparia delphinatalis Guenée, 1854 Scoparia murana f. coll. fasciata Osthelder, 1939 Phalaena mercurella sensu Zetterstedt, 1839: misidentification)

Eudonia murana, the Scotch gray or wall grey, is a moth of the Crambidae family. It is found in most of Europe.

The wingspan is 18–23 mm. Adults are on wing from June to August, possibly in two generations.

The larvae feed on various mosses growing on rocks and walls, including Hypnum cupressiformis, Dicranum scoparium, Bryum capillare and Grimmia pulvinata.

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