''Anerastia lotella'' is a species of
snout moth in the genus ''
Anerastia''. It was described by
Jacob Hübner
Jacob Hübner (20 June 1761 – 13 September 1826, in Augsburg) was a German entomologist. He was the author of ''Sammlung Europäischer Schmetterlinge'' (1796–1805), a founding work of entomology.
Scientific career
Hübner was the author of '' ...
in 1813.
It is found in most of Europe, western
Russia,
Asia Minor,
Iran and western
Turkestan. It has also been recorded from most of
Canada.
The
wingspan is 19–27 mm. Adults are on wing in July.
The larvae feed on various
Poaceae
Poaceae () or Gramineae () is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as grasses. It includes the cereal grasses, bamboos and the grasses of natural grassland and species cultivated in lawns an ...
species, including ''
Ammophila arenaria'', ''
Corynephorus canescens
''Corynephorus canescens,'' common name grey hair-grass or gray clubawn grass, is a species of plants in the grass family, native to Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa but widely naturalized in North America. In the United Kingdom it is r ...
'' and ''
Festuca ovina
''Festuca ovina'', sheep's fescue or sheep fescue, is a species of grass. It is sometimes confused with hard fescue (''Festuca trachyphylla'').
General description
It is a perennial plant sometimes found in acidic ground, and in mountain pastur ...
''. They construct a silken gallery around the stem base and roots of their host plant. Larvae are mainly found in May and June and it is thought the species overwinters in the larval stage.
Microlepidoptera.nl
Pupation takes place in a silken cocoon in the soil near the food plant.
References
External links
Lepiforum.de
Moths described in 1813
Anerastiini
Moths of Asia
Moths of Europe
Moths of North America
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