Catoptria mytilella is a species of moth in the family Crambidae described by Jacob Hübner in 1805.[1] It is found in large parts of Europe (except Ireland, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Fennoscandia, Denmark, the Baltic region, Ukraine and Portugal),[2] Asia Minor and the northern Caucasus.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Catoptria |
| Species: | C. mytilella
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| Catoptria mytilella (Hubner, 1805)
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The wingspan is 17–25 mm.[4] Adults are on wing from mid-June to late July in one generation per year.
The larvae possibly feed on mosses.[5]
Subspecies
edit- Catoptria mytilella mytilella
- Catoptria mytilella vilarrubiae (Agenjo, 1954) (Spain)
References
edit- ^ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2012-03-18.
- ^ Fauna Europaea[dead link]
- ^ Savela, Markku. "Catoptria Hübner, [1825]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 29, 2017.
- ^ Swedish Moths
- ^ "Lepidoptera of Belgium". Archived from the original on 2007-05-16. Retrieved 2012-03-19.