Crambus hamella is a species of moth in the family Crambidae described by Carl Peter Thunberg in 1788.[1] It is found in most of Europe (except the Iberian Peninsula and most of the Balkan Peninsula),[2] east to the Russian Far East (Amur, Sakhalin) and Japan.[3] It is also found in North America, including Alberta, Arizona, Manitoba, Michigan, Oklahoma and Ontario.[4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Crambus |
| Species: | C. hamella
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| Crambus hamella (Thunberg, 1788)
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The wingspan is 18–23 mm.[5] The forewings with apex slightly produced; brown, posteriorly whitish-sprinkled, terminally suffused with white ; a broad snow - white pointed median longitudinal streak from base, not reaching second line, lower edge with a projection in middle ; second line angulated, silvery - white, anteriorly dark-edged ; a triangular white subapical spot ; several terminal longitudinal black marks ; cilia metallic. Hindwings are grey..[6]
Adults are on wing from July to August in generation per year.[7]
The larvae feed on grasses, possibly including Deschampsia flexuosa.
Subspecies
edit- Crambus hamella hamella (Eurasia)
- Crambus hamella carpenterellus Packard, 1874 (North America)
References
edit- ^ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2012-03-18.
- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ Savela, Markku. "Crambus Fabricius, 1798". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. as Crambus hamellus. Retrieved November 30, 2017.
- ^ mothphotographersgroup
- ^ "microlepidoptera.nl". Archived from the original on 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2012-03-19.
- ^ 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
- ^ UKmoths
