Eudonia mercurella
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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]
Description
The wingspan is Template:Cvt. The forewings are dark black variously mixed with brown and with a darker band along the distal edge of the pale antemedian line. The pale postmedian line is usually distinct against the dark ground colour. A similar species is Eudonia lacustrata, which differs from Eudonia mercurella by the broken wavy line that forms a broad white spot at the tip of the wing (apex). Another distinguishing feature of the females is the ventrodistal hump of the valvae. Furthermore, Eudonia mercurella resembles Eudonia speideli externally and pale specimens of Eudonia liebmani.[2][3][4]
Behavior
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Taxonomy
Phalaena mercurella described by Zetterstedt in 1839 was actually Eudonia murana.[6]
Further reading
- Mark Parsons, Sean Clancy, David Wilson A Guide to the Pyralid and Crambid Moths of Britain and Ireland: Atropos, England. Template:ISBN
References
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- ↑ <templatestyles src="smallcaps/styles.css"/>Li, W.-c., 2012: One new species of the genus Eudonia Billberg (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Scopariinae) from China. Entomotaxonomia 34 (2): 267–269.
- ↑ Barry Goater, Matthias Nuss, Wolfgang Speidel: Pyraloidea I (Crambidae, Acentropinae, Evergestinae, Heliothelinae, Schoenobiinae, Scopariinae). In: P. Huemer, O. Karsholt, L. Lyneborg (Hrsg.): Microlepidoptera of Europe. 1. Auflage. Band 4. Apollo Books, Stenstrup 2005, Template:ISBN, S. 150
- ↑ Goater, B., Dyke . G. and Tweedie, R. 1986 British Pyralid Moths: A Guide to Their Identification Template:ISBN
- ↑ lepiforum.de includes images
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- ↑ Ian Kimber UK Moths
- ↑ František Slamka: Die Zünslerfalter (Pyraloidea) Mitteleuropas. Hrsg.: František Slamka. 2. Auflage. Bratislava 1997, Template:ISBN, S. 19.
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