Scoparia pyralella

Scoparia pyralella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Scoparia
Species:	S. pyralella
Binomial name
	Scoparia pyralella; (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
Synonyms
	Tinea pyralella Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775; Eudorea tristrigella Stephens, 1834; Scoparia pyralella klimeschi Leraut, 1981; Phalaena arundinata Thunberg, 1792; Pyralis dubitalis Hübner, 1796; Scoparia dubitalis ab. alba Tutt, 1899; Scoparia dubitalis ab. inspersella Galvagni, 1920; Scoparia dubitalis f. australis Müller-Rutz, 1920; Scoparia dubitalis var. ivanalis Krulikovsky, 1909; Scoparia dubitalis var. purbeckensis E. R. Bankes, 1889; Scoparia ingratella vesubiella Marion, 1976;

Scoparia pyralella, the meadow grey, is a species of moth of the family Crambidae. It was first described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775.^[1]

Distribution

This species can be found in most of Europe.^[2]^[3] It is quite common over most of Britain. It inhabits fields and forests.

Description

Scoparia pyralella has a wingspan of 17–20 mm. These small moths have pale brown or whitish forewings with darker brown markings and transversal white lines. Hindwings are whitish.

This species is rather similar to Scoparia ambigualis, Scoparia ancipitella, Scoparia basistrigalis, Scoparia subfusca, Eudonia lineola and Eudonia murana.^[4]

Biology

The moths fly from June to July depending on the location. They are active mainly at dusk and night. The larvae feed on decaying leaves of various low-growing plants and perhaps on the roots of Senecio jacobaea.

Bibliography

Corley, M. F. V., Marabuto, E., & Pires, P. – 2007 - New Lepidoptera for the fauna of Portugal (Insecta: Lepidoptera). - SHILAP Revista de Lepidopterologia 35(139), 321-334.
Heckford, R. J. (2011): A note on the larva of Scoparia pyralella ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). Entomologist's Gazette 62: 1-6
Ivinskis, P. – 1993 - Check-list of Lithuanian Lepidoptera - Vilnius, 210 pp.
Martin, M.O. 1986 - Family Pyralidae - Pyralid moths -in: G. S. Medvedev (ed.), Keys to the Insects of the European Part of the USSR 4 (3): 232-244.

References

^ BioLib
^ "Scoparia pyralella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved March 8, 2018.
^ Savela, Markku. "Scoparia pyralella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved March 8, 2018.
^ Suffolk Moths

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[1] BioLib

[2] "Scoparia pyralella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved March 8, 2018.

[3] Savela, Markku. "Scoparia pyralella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved March 8, 2018.

[4] Suffolk Moths

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