Pediasia contaminella

Pediasia contaminella is a species of moth in the family Crambidae described by Jacob Hübner in 1796.[1] It is found in almost all of Europe,[2] Asia Minor, the Caucasus, Transcaucasia, Iraq, Iran, the Kopet Dagh and Minusinsk.

Pediasia contaminella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Pediasia
Species:
P. contaminella
Binomial name
Pediasia contaminella
(Hubner, 1796)
Synonyms
  • Tinea contaminella Hubner, 1796
  • Tinea contaminalis Hübner, [1825]
  • Crambus cantiellus Tutt, 1886
  • Crambus contaminellus ab. fumosellus Caradja, 1931
  • Crambus contaminellus f. sticheli Costantini, 1922
  • Crambus contaminellus f. vernellus Turati, 1922
  • Pediasia squalidalis Hübner, 1816

The wingspan is 17–19 mm.[3] Adults are on wing in July and August.[4]

The larvae feed on Poa species (including Poa maritima and Poa borreri) and Festuca ovina.[5] They live in a silken tube.

References
  1. "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved March 15, 2012.
  2. Fauna Europaea
  3. Microlepidoptera.nl
  4. UKMoths
  5. Savela, Markku. "Pediasia Hübner, [1825]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 21, 2017.



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