| Crombrugghia tristis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pterophoridae |
| Genus: | Crombrugghia |
| Species: | C. tristis |
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| Crombrugghia tristis (Zeller, 1841) | |
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Crombrugghia tristis is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in most of Europe, except the Benelux, Great Britain, Ireland and Scandinavia. It is also known from southern Siberia, Asia Minor and central Asia. The habitat consists of sandy areas overgrown with Hieracium.
The wingspan is 16–17 millimetres (0.63–0.67 in), making it the smallest species in the genus Crombrugghia. It is greyish, light-brown coloured.
The larvae feed on Hieracium echioides, Hieracium umbeliferum, Hieracium dubium, Hieracium cymosum, Hieracium piloselloides, Hieracium fallax, Hieracium pilosella and Hieracium amplexicaule.
References
- "Crombrugghia tristis (Zeller, 1841)". Fauna Europaea. Archived from the original on October 14, 2012. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
- Fazekas, Imre (2003). "Federmotten aus der Mongolei, Russland, der Türkei, der Balkanhalbinsel und Afrika, mit Beschreibung neuer Arten (Microlepidoptera: Pterophoridae)" [Five new species, distribution records of plume moths from Mongolia, Russia, Turkey, Balkans and the Africa (Microlepidoptera: Pterophoridae)]. Folia comloensis (in German). 12: 5–24.
- "On the Systematics and Origin of the Generic Group oxyptilus Zeller (Lep. Alucitidae)". Biostor.org. Archived from the original on 25 October 2012. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
- Crombrugghia at funet
Further reading
- Alipanah, Helen; Gielis, Cees; Sari, Alireza; Sarafrazi, Alimorad; Manzari, Shahab (2011). "Phylogenetic relationships in the tribe Oxyptilini (Lepidoptera, Pterophoridae, Pterophorinae) based on morphological data of adults". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 163 (2): 484–547. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00705.x. ISSN 0024-4082.
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