Phycitodes saxicola
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pyralidae |
Genus: | Phycitodes |
Species: | P. saxicola
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Binomial name | |
Phycitodes saxicola (Vaughan, 1870)
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Phycitodes saxicola, the small clouded knot-horn, is a species of snout moth described by Vaughan in 1870.[1] It is found in most of Europe (except Poland, Ukraine and the western part of the Balkan Peninsula),[2] as well as Iran, Morocco and the Canary Islands.[1]
The wingspan is 12–19 mm.[3] Adults are on wing from June to August in one generation per year.[4]
The larvae feed on the flower heads of various Asteraceae species, including Achillea millefolium, Senecio (such as Senecio jacobaea), Anthemis, Jasione and Tanacetum species.
References
- ^ a b "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved August 25, 2017.
- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ microlepidoptera.nl
- ^ UKMoths