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Eudonia mercurella

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"Phalaena mercurella" redirects here. The species called thus by Zetterstedt in 1839 was actually Eudonia murana.

Eudonia mercurella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Crambidae
Genus:
Eudonia
Species:
E. mercurella
Binomial name
Eudonia mercurella
Synonyms
  • Phalaena (Tinea) mercurella Linnaeus, 1758
  • Eudorea concinnella J. Curtis, 1850
  • Eudorea frequentella Stainton, 1849
  • Eudorea portlandica Humphreys & Westwood, 1841
  • Eudonia mercurella puella Leraut, 1982

Eudonia mercurella is a species of moth of the family Crambidae. It is found in Europe, western China, Iran, Lebanon, Turkey, and north-western Africa.[1]

The wingspan is 16–19 mm. The moth flies from June to August depending on the location.

The larvae feed on various mosses.

References

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  1. ^ Li, W.-c., 2012: One new species of the genus Eudonia Billberg (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Scopariinae) from China. Entomotaxonomia 34 (2): 267-269.

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