Eteobalea beata
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Cosmopterigidae |
Genus: | Eteobalea |
Species: | E. beata
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Binomial name | |
Eteobalea beata (Walsingham, 1907)
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Eteobalea beata is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found in France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Romania, Russia[1] and Turkey.[2]
The wingspan is about 20 mm. The forewings are bronzy black with three white costal patches. The hindwings are shiny, pale leaden grey.[3] Adults are on wing from May to August.
Larvae have been recorded on Antirrhinum species.
References
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- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ "Tentative Checklist of the Turkish Lepidoptera". Archived from the original on 2011-08-15. Retrieved 2011-08-16.
- ^ lepiforum.de This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.