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Ancylolomia tentaculella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Subfamily:	Crambinae
Tribe:	Ancylolomiini
Genus:	Ancylolomia
Species:	A. tentaculella
Binomial name
Ancylolomia tentaculella (Hübner, 1796)
Synonyms
Tinea tentaculella Hübner, 1796 Ancylolomia irakella Amsel, 1949 Palparia tentaculea (Haworth, 1811) Ancylolomia tentalis (Hübner, )

Ancylolomia tentaculella is a species of moth of the family Crambidae.

Distribution

It is found in Southern and Central Europe, Anatolia and the Middle East.

Description

The wingspan is 30–34 mm.

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Biology

The moth flies from June to July in England; in Southern Europe they fly from June to September.

The larvae feed on larger grasses.

References

1. "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-08-01.
2. F. Slamka, Pyraloidea of Central Europe, Bratislava, 2010

External links

• UKmoths
• Lepiforum.de

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• Taxa named by Jacob Hübner
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