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Cryptoblabes bistriga

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Species of moth

Cryptoblabes bistriga
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Cryptoblabes
Species: C. bistriga
Binomial name
Cryptoblabes bistriga
(Haworth, 1811)
Synonyms
  • Phycis bistriga Haworth, 1811
  • Ancylosis rutilella Zeller, 1839
  • Cryptoblabes loxiella Ragonot, 1887
  • Ilithyia obsoletella Heinemann, 1865

Cryptoblabes bistriga is a species of snout moth in the genus Cryptoblabes. It was described by Adrian Hardy Haworth in 1811. It is found in most of Europe, except Portugal, parts of the Balkan Peninsula and Ukraine.

Fig. 2 larva after final moult

The wingspan is 18–20 mm.The forewings are fuscous, the veins broadly suffused with fuscous-reddish ; lines whitish, first at 4, rather thick, straight, second very near termen, serrate ; discal dots obscurely indicated ; a whitish terminal suffusion. Hindwings light fuscous. Larva pale brown, darker-freckled ; dorsal line darker; subdorsal and lateral blackish-brown ; spiracular ochreous-whitish, double ; a brown black-centred lateral spot on 3 and 12; head light brown: in folded leaves of oak and alder ; 9, 10.


They are on wing from late June to July.

The larvae feed on the leaves of various trees, including Quercus, Alnus and Myrica species. They feed from within a folded leaf.

References

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  3. Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description
  4. lepiforum.de includes imagesPublic Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  5. Parsons, M. Clancey, C. 2023 A Guide to the Pyralid and Crambid Moths of Britain and Ireland Atropos Publishing ISBN: 9780955108648
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  7. UKMoths
Taxon identifiers
Cryptoblabes bistriga

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