Chrysocrambus craterellus

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| genus = Chrysocrambus

| species = craterellus

| authority = (Scopoli, 1763)

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|Chrysocrambus craterella|

|Chrysocrambus craterella abruzzellus|Bleszynski, 1958

|Chrysocrambus abbruzzellus|Bleszynski & Collins, 1962

|Chrysocrambus craterellus var. alpinus|Bleszynski, 1958

|Crambus klimeschi|Toll, 1938

|Chrysocrambus craterella defessellus|Toll, 1948)

|Chrysocrambus craterella libani|Bleszynski, 1958

|Phalaena Tinea rorella|Linnaeus, 1767

|Crambus craterella stachiellus|Toll

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Chrysocrambus craterellus is a species of moth of the family Crambidae. It was first described by Giovanni Antonio Scopoli in his 1763 Entomologia Carniolica.

Subspecies

  • Chrysocrambus craterellus craterellus (Central and Southern Europe, Urals, Transcaucasus, Asia Minor) {{cite web |first=Markku |last=Savela |url=http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/pyraloidea/crambidae/crambinae/chrysocrambus/ |title=Chrysocrambus Bleszynski, 1957 |website=Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms |accessdate=November 8, 2017}}
  • Chrysocrambus craterellus alpinus Bleszynski, 1958 (France)
  • Chrysocrambus craterellus abruzzellus Bleszynski, 1958 (Abruzzi, Italy)
  • Chrysocrambus craterellus stachiellus (Toll, 1938) (Podolia, Ukraine)
  • Chrysocrambus craterellus libani Bleszynski, 1958 (Lebanon)
  • Chrysocrambus craterellus defessellus (Toll, 1947) (Iran)

Description

Chrysocrambus craterellus has a wingspan of about 20 mm.[http://www.lotmoths.com/species/species.php?frmSpeciesID=499 "Chrysocrambus craterellus (Scopoli, 1763)"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171108205507/http://www.lotmoths.com/species/species.php?frmSpeciesID=499 |date=2017-11-08 }}. Lot Moths and Butterflies. Retrieved November 8, 2017.[https://ukmoths.org.uk/show.php?bf=1320 "63.106 BF1320 Chrysocrambus craterella"]. UKMoths. Retrieved November 8, 2017. The moth flies from June to July depending on the location.{{Cite web |url=http://webh01.ua.ac.be/vve/Checklists/Lepidoptera/Crambidae/Ccraterella.htm |title=Lepidoptera of Belgium |access-date=2009-10-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120814064440/http://webh01.ua.ac.be/vve/Checklists/Lepidoptera/Crambidae/Ccraterella.htm |archive-date=2012-08-14 |url-status=dead }} The larvae feed on Festuca and other Gramineae species.

Distribution and habitat

This species can be found in southern Europe[https://web.archive.org/web/20140427213514/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=443138 Fauna Europaea] and the Middle East. It prefers meadows, pastures and grasslands.

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Category:Crambinae

Category:Moths described in 1763

Category:Moths of Europe

Category:Moths of Asia

Category:Taxa named by Giovanni Antonio Scopoli

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