Eudonia lacustrata is a species of moth of the family Crambidae described by Georg Wolfgang Franz Panzer in 1804. It is found in Europe, north-west Africa, Asia from Turkey, Iran and Syria[1] to Siberia and the western part of China (Hunan). The subspecies E. lacustrata persica is found in Iran and Armenia.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Eudonia |
| Species: | E. lacustrata
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| Eudonia lacustrata (Panzer, 1804)
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The wingspan is 16–18 mm (0.63–0.71 in).[citation needed] Forewings whitish, sometimes mixed with light ochreous-yellowish, sprinkled with black ; base black-marked ; lines whitish, blackish-edged, first irregular, second rather sinuate ; orbicular and claviform dot-like, black ; a black X-shaped discal mark ; terminal area grey mixed with black, subterminal line white, interrupted in middle. Hindwings whitish-grey, darker terminally. Larva yellowish-green ; spots brownish-green ; head and plate of 2 black-brown: on mosses; 3, 4. [2]
The moth flies from May to August depending on the location.[citation needed] The larvae feed on various mosses.[citation needed]
References
edit- ^ Li, W.-c., 2012: One new species of the genus Eudonia Billberg (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Scopariinae) from China. Entomotaxonomia 34 (2): 267–269.
- ^ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf
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