Ancylolomia palpella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Subfamily: Crambinae
Tribe: Ancylolomiini
Genus: Ancylolomia
Species:
A. palpella
Binomial name
Ancylolomia palpella
Synonyms
  • Tinea palpella Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775
  • Ancylolomia palpella var. sovinskyi Krulikovsky, 1909
  • Ancylolomia palpella gracilella Caradja, 1916
  • Ancylolomia palpigeralis Hübner, 1825
  • Ancylolomia palpella syriaca Rebel, 1911
  • Ancylolomia affinis Rothschild, 1921
  • Ancylolomia syriaca var. mesopotamica Rebel, 1918

Ancylolomia palpella is a species of moth in the family Crambidae described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775. It is found in Belgium, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, Croatia, Romania, Bulgaria, the Republic of Macedonia, Albania, Greece, Ukraine, Russia,[2] Transcaucasia, Asia Minor, Lebanon, the Palestinian territories, Iraq, Syria, Iran and Central Asia.[3]

The wingspan is 31–36 mm for males and 34–45 mm for females. Adults are on wing from June to October in two generations per year.[4]

The larvae feed in the stems of various grasses within a silken gallery. Pupation takes place in a cocoon covered in grass detritus.

Subspecies

  • Ancylolomia palpella palpella (Europe, western Russia, the Ural, Transcaucasia, Asia Minor, the Palestinian Territories, Iraq, Syria, Iran)
  • Ancylolomia palpella syriaca Rebel, 1911 (the Palestinian Territories, Lebanon, Asia Minor, Syria, Iraq)
  • Ancylolomia palpella gracilella Caradja, 1916 (Central Asia: Aulie-Ata)

References

  1. ↑ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved November 7, 2017.
  2. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  3. ↑ Savela, Markku. "Ancylolomia Hübner, [1825]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 7, 2017.
  4. ↑ "LOT Moths and Butterflies". Archived from the original on 2013-08-26. Retrieved 2012-03-16.


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