''Eudonia phaeoleuca'' is a species of nocturnal moth in the family Crambidae.

Subspecies

*''Eudonia phaeoleuca phaeoleuca'' Zeller, 1846 *''Eudonia phaeoleuca fuscella'' (Turati, 1915) (Italy) *''Eudonia phaeoleuca nevadensis'' (Zerny in Rebel & Zerny, 1927) (Spain)

Etymology

The species name derives fron the greek word φαιός, meaning grey, and refer to the color of the wings. Lepiforum
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Distribution

This species can be found in Spain, France, Italy,

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, Austria, Germany, Poland, Slovakia, on the

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, in Turkey and in Russia.

Description

These rather inconspicuous moths are usually greyish-brownish. Their labial palps are elongated and project straightly, This species is very similar to '' Eudonia lacustrata'' (Panzer, 1804).

Biology

These moths are nocturnal. Adults fly from Zeller 1846July to September.Oreina
They develop a complete metamorphosis which involves a pupal stage( holometabolous). It can be assumed that they feed on mosses, as in the most related species.

Bibliography

*Rákosy, L., Goia, M. & Z. Kovács (2003): Catalogul Lepidopterelor României – Verzeichnis der Schmetterlinge Rumäniens: 1-447. Cluj-Napoca (Societatea lepidopterologică romană) DF auf lepidoptera.ro *Erstbeschreibung: Zeller, P. C. (1846): Die Arten der Gattung Eudorea. — Linnaea Entomologica 1: 262-318 + tab. 2.

External links

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Naturdata

References

Moths described in 1846 Eudonia Moths of Europe {{Scopariinae-stub