Mecyna flavalis
Mecyna flavalis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Crambidae |
Genus: | Mecyna[1] |
Species: | M. flavalis |
Binomial name | |
Mecyna flavalis (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) | |
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Mecyna flavalis is a species of moth in the Crambidae family. It is found from most of Europe (except Ireland, Norway, Portugal, Slovenia and Ukraine)[2] to Japan.[1]
The wingspan is 25–29 mm. Adults are on wing from July to August.[3]
The larvae feed on Galium mollugo, Artemisia campestris, Ballota, Reseda and Urtica urens.[4]
References
- 1 2 "World Pyraloidea Database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2012-03-23.
- ↑ Fauna Europaea
- ↑ Ukmoths
- ↑ Mecyna at funet
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