Mecyna flavalis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Crambidae |
Genus: | Mecyna |
Species: | M. flavalis
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Binomial name | |
Mecyna flavalis (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
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Mecyna flavalis is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. It is known from most of Europe (except Ireland, Norway, Portugal, Slovenia and Ukraine)[1] to Japan.[2] The species was first described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775.
The wingspan is 25–29 mm. Adults are on wing from July to August.[3]
The larvae feed on Galium mollugo, Artemisia campestris, Ballota, Reseda and Urtica urens.[4]