Pediasia contaminella

Pediasia contaminella is a species of moth in the family Crambidae described by Jacob Hübner in 1796.[1] It is found in almost all of Europe,[2] Asia Minor, the Caucasus, Transcaucasia, Iraq, Iran, the Kopet Dagh and Minusinsk.

Pediasia contaminella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Pediasia
Species:
P. contaminella
Binomial name
Pediasia contaminella
(Hubner, 1796)
Synonyms
  • Tinea contaminella Hubner, 1796
  • Tinea contaminalis Hübner, [1825]
  • Crambus cantiellus Tutt, 1886
  • Crambus contaminellus ab. fumosellus Caradja, 1931
  • Crambus contaminellus f. sticheli Costantini, 1922
  • Crambus contaminellus f. vernellus Turati, 1922
  • Pediasia squalidalis Hübner, 1816

The wingspan is 17–19 mm.[3] It differs from Pediasia aridella as follows : forewings without blackish submediaii streak from base, median line less oblique, with more strongly marked discal indentation, nearly parallel to second.[4]

Adults are on wing in July and August.[5]

The larvae feed on Poa species (including Poa maritima and Poa borreri) and Festuca ovina.[6] They live in a silken tube.

References
  1. "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved March 15, 2012.
  2. Fauna Europaea
  3. Microlepidoptera.nl
  4. Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description
  5. UKMoths
  6. Savela, Markku. "Pediasia Hübner, [1825]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 21, 2017.



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