''Udea ruckdescheli'' is a species of

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

in the family Crambidae. It was described from specimens collected on

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, formerly identified as respectively ''

Udea fulvalis ''Udea fulvalis'' is a species of moth of the family Crambidae. It was first described by Jacob Hübner in 1809. Etymology The species name ''fulvalis'' derives from the Latin ''fulvus'', meaning ''fulvous''. Distribution This species can be fo ...

'' and '' Udea languidalis'' ab ''veneralis''. Description of ''U. ruckdescheli'' as new species is based on the results of DNA barcoding and morphological examination.

References

Moths described in 2016 Moths of Europe ruckdescheli {{Udea-stub