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Eudonia mercurella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Eudonia
Species: E. mercurella
Binomial name
Eudonia mercurella
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
  • Phalaena (Tinea) mercurella Linnaeus, 1758
  • Eudorea concinnella J. Curtis, 1850
  • Eudorea frequentella Stainton, 1849
  • Eudorea portlandica Humphreys & Westwood, 1841
  • Eudonia mercurella puella Leraut, 1982

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.

Description

The wingspan is 16–19 mm (0.63–0.75 in). 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.

Behavior

The moth flies from June to August depending on the location.

Figs. 6, 6a, 6b, 6c, 6dlarvae in various stages of growth 6e enlarged figure of two segments of 6

The larvae feed on various mosses.

Taxonomy

Phalaena mercurella described by Zetterstedt in 1839 was actually Eudonia murana.

References

  1. Li, W.-c., 2012: One new species of the genus Eudonia Billberg (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Scopariinae) from China. Entomotaxonomia 34 (2): 267–269.
  2. 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, ISBN 87-88757-33-1, S. 150
  3. Goater, B., Dyke . G. and Tweedie, R. 1986 British Pyralid Moths: A Guide to Their Identification ISBN 9780946589081
  4. lepiforum.de includes imagesPublic Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  5. Ian Kimber UK Moths
  6. František Slamka: Die Zünslerfalter (Pyraloidea) Mitteleuropas. Hrsg.: František Slamka. 2. Auflage. Bratislava 1997, ISBN 80-967540-2-5, S. 19.

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Taxon identifiers
Eudonia mercurella


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