''Crambus lathoniellus'' is a species of
moth
Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...
of the family
Crambidae
Crambidae comprises the grass moth family of lepidopterans. They are variable in appearance, with the nominal subfamily Crambinae (grass moths) taking up closely folded postures on grass stems where they are inconspicuous, while other subfamilies ...
described by
Johann Leopold Theodor Friedrich Zincken
Julius Leopold Theodor Friedrich Zincken or ZinkenDr. Jul. Leop Theod. Friedr. Zinken genannt Sommer (1757D. A. M. Beitrag zur Insecten-fauna von Java ''Nova Acta Physico-Medica'' also Sommer (15 April 1770 in Braunschweig – 8 February 1856 in Br ...
in 1817. It is found in Europe, Central and South-East Asia.
The
wingspan
The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the opposite wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingsp ...
is about . In this ''Crambus'' a white longitudinal stripe emanates From the wing base ending sharply at an obliquely running dark line. In some specimens a white spot is formed in continuation and up to the submarginal line. The longitudinal strip has behind the center (seen from the base), closer to the submarginal line a "tooth" facing outwards and to the inner edge. Meyrick - Forewings with apex somewhat produced; brown, sometimes ochreous-mixed, in male with grey, in female with whitish blackish-edged interneural streaks; a subcostal white streak on basal half; a white median streak, upper edge straight, lower edge projecting in middle, cut by sharply angulated dark brown median line; second line angulated, white, edged with dark brown, preceded by white costal mark; a white terminal streak, with several black dots; cilia metallic. Hindwings rather dark grey.
[Mark Parsons, Sean Clancy, David Wilson ''A Guide to the Pyralid and Crambid Moths of Britain and Ireland'': Atropos, England. ]
Larva greenish-grey or brownish-grey; dots darker; head brown, darker-marked: in silken galleries above or among roots of grasses.
The moth flies from May to September depending on the location.
The larvae feed on various grasses.
Subspecies
*''Crambus lathoniellus lathoniellus'' (Europe, Asia Minor, Transcaucasus to Central Asia to Amur)
*''Crambus lathoniellus alfacarellus''
Staudinger, 1859 (Spain)
*''Crambus lathoniellus altivolens''
Schawerda, 1913 (Yugoslavia)
References
External links
Lepiforum de''Crambus lathoniellus'' ''UKMoths''.
Crambini
Moths described in 1817
Moths of Europe
Moths of Asia
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