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Selagia spadicella

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Species of moth

Selagia spadicella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Selagia
Species: S. spadicella
Binomial name
Selagia spadicella
(Hubner, 1796)
Synonyms
  • Tinea spadicella Hubner, 1796
  • Tinea janthinella Hubner, 1813
  • Nephopteryx janthinella var. saltuella Mann, 1862
  • Pterothrix brunneella D. Lucas, 1956
  • Selagia spadicella isabellella Zerny, 1935
  • Selagia spadicella declaratella Zerny, 1927

Selagia spadicella is a species of snout moth. It is found in most of Europe (except Ireland, Great Britain, Portugal, Spain and Slovenia), as well as in Turkey and North Africa (including Morocco).

The wingspan is 23–28 mm. Adults are on wing from July to September.

The larvae feed on Calluna and Teucrium species.

References

  1. ^ "World Pyraloidea Database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
  2. Fauna Europaea
  3. microlepidoptera.nl Archived 2011-05-01 at the Wayback Machine
  4. Lepidoptera of Belgium Archived 2007-05-16 at the Wayback Machine
Taxon identifiers
Selagia spadicella


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