Hypochalcia ahenella
Appearance
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pyralidae |
Genus: | Hypochalcia |
Species: | H. ahenella
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Binomial name | |
Hypochalcia ahenella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
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Hypochalcia ahenella is a species of snout moth in the genus Hypochalcia. It was described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775 and is known from most of Europe, Turkey,[1] and Texas in the US.
The wingspan is 23–32 mm.[2] Adults are on wing from May to the end of August.[3]
The larvae probably feed on Helianthemum species and/or Artemisia campestris.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ "microlepidoptera.nl". Archived from the original on 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2012-02-06.
- ^ Lot Moths and Butterflies
- ^ UKmoths