Misplaced Pages

Loxostege sticticalis

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in German. (February 2021) Click for important translation instructions.
  • Machine translation, like DeepL or Google Translate, is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy-pasting machine-translated text into the English Misplaced Pages.
  • Consider adding a topic to this template: there are already 2,136 articles in the main category, and specifying|topic= will aid in categorization.
  • Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low-quality. If possible, verify the text with references provided in the foreign-language article.
  • You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation. A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing German Misplaced Pages article at ]; see its history for attribution.
  • You may also add the template {{Translated|de|Rübenzünsler}} to the talk page.
  • For more guidance, see Misplaced Pages:Translation.
Species of moth

Loxostege sticticalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Loxostege
Species: L. sticticalis
Binomial name
Loxostege sticticalis
(Linnaeus, 1761)
Synonyms
List
  • Phalaena Pyralis sticticalis Linnaeus, 1761
  • Pyralis fuscalis Hübner, 1796
  • Pyralis lupulina Clerck, 1764
  • Botys lupulinalis Guenée, 1854
  • Phalaena Tortrix miana O. F. Müller, 1764
  • Pyralis tetragonalis Haworth, 1811
  • Pyralis sylvata Panzer, 1804
  • Loxostege sticticalis tenebrosa Caradja, 1939

Loxostege sticticalis is a species of moth of the family Crambidae. It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1761 and is found in the Palearctic and Nearctic realms.

The wingspan is 24–29 millimetres (0.94–1.14 in). The moth flies from May to September depending on the location.

Figs.8, 8a larva after final moult

The larvae feed on various herbaceous plants, such as mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris), beet, Chenopodium album and Artemisia campestris. It can become a pest for sugar beet and tobacco.

External links

Taxon identifiers
Loxostege sticticalis


This Loxostege article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: