Catoptria mytilella | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Crambidae |
Genus: | Catoptria |
Species: | C. mytilella
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Binomial name | |
Catoptria mytilella (Hubner, 1805)
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Catoptria mytilella is a species of moth in the family Crambidae described by Jacob Hübner in 1805.[1] It is found in large parts of Europe (except Ireland, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Fennoscandia, Denmark, the Baltic region, Ukraine and Portugal),[2] Asia Minor and the northern Caucasus.[3]
The wingspan is 17–25 mm.[4] Adults are on wing from mid-June to late July in one generation per year.
The larvae possibly feed on mosses.[5]