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Thisanotia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Subfamily: Crambinae
Tribe: Crambini
Genus: Thisanotia
Hübner, 1825
Species: T. chrysonuchella
Binomial name
Thisanotia chrysonuchella
(Scopoli, 1763)
Synonyms
  • Genus
    • Thinasotia Heinemann, 1865
    • Thysanotia J. L. R. Agassiz, 1847
  • Species
    • Phalaena chrysonuchella Scopoli, 1763
    • Phalaena Tinea atomella O. F. Müller, 1764
    • Tinea campella Hübner, 1793
    • Tinea gramella Fabricius, 1781

Thisanotia is a monotypic moth genus of the family Crambidae described by Jacob Hübner in 1825. Its single species, Thisanotia chrysonuchella, described by Giovanni Antonio Scopoli in his 1763 Entomologia Carniolica, is found in Europe.


Description

The wingspan is 24–34 mm. The forewings are ferruginous- brown, clearly irrorated with black; veins and costal edge marked with rather undefined white streaks; median line thick, obtusely angulated, ferruginous-brown; second white, anteriorly edged with ferruginous-brown, rounded -angulated; termen ferruginous- yellow, with some indistinct black dots; cilia metallic. The hindwings are grey.

  • Thisanotia chrysonuchella ♀ Thisanotia chrysonuchella ♀
  • Thisanotia chrysonuchella ♀ △ Thisanotia chrysonuchella ♀ △

Biology

The moth flies in one generation from May to June..

The larvae feed on various grasses such as Festuca ovina.

Subspecies

  • Thisanotia chrysonuchella chrysonuchella
  • Thisanotia chrysonuchella dilutalis (Caradja, 1916)

Notes

  1. The flight season refers to Belgium and the Netherlands. This may vary in other parts of the range.

References

  1. Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2017). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved November 22, 2017.
  2. 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

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Taxon identifiers
Thisanotia
Thisanotia chrysonuchella


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