Eudonia angustea

Eudonia angustea is a moth of the family Crambidae described by John Curtis in 1827. It is found in southern and western Europe, the Canary Islands, Madeira and Turkey.[1]

Eudonia angustea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Crambidae
Genus:
Eudonia
Species:
E. angustea
Binomial name
Eudonia angustea
(J.Curtis, 1827)
Synonyms
  • Eudorea angustea J.Curtis, 1827
  • Eudorea acuminatella Stainton, 1859
  • Eudorea coarctata Zeller, 1846
  • Eudorea hesperella Heydenreich, 1851
  • Scoparia coarctalis var. napolitalis Millière, 1870
  • Scoparia imparilis Dyar, 1929
  • Scoparia vafra Meyrick, 1913

The wingspan is 17–22 mm. Adults are on wing from July to late autumn.[2]

The larvae feed on mosses on walls and in sand dunes.

References
  1. "Eudonia angustea (Curtis, 1827)". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved March 4, 2018.
  2. "63.069 BF1342 Eudonia angustea (Curtis, 1827). UKMoths. Retrieved March 4, 2018.


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