Uresiphita gilvata

Uresiphita gilvata is a moth of the family Crambidae. It was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1794 and is found in Europe and North Africa.

Uresiphita gilvata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Crambidae
Genus:
Uresiphita
Species:
U. gilvata
Binomial name
Uresiphita gilvata
(Fabricius, 1794)
Synonyms
  • Phalaena gilvata Fabricius, 1794
  • Mecyna gilvata
  • Mecyna polygonalis
  • Uresiphita limbalis Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775 (nec Linnaeus, 1767)
  • Pyralis polygonalis Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775
  • Pyralis diversalis Hubner, 1796
  • Pyralis rusticalis Hubner, 1796
  • Botys polygonalis var. meridionalis Wocke, 1871
  • Mecyna deprivalis Walker, 1859
  • Uresiphita polygonalis carbonalis (Caradja, 1939)
  • Mecyna aversalis Guenée, 1854
  • Uresiphita gilvata virescens (Butler, 1881)

The wingspan is 29–37 mm. Adults are on wing from September to October depending on the location.

The larva feed on various low-growing herbaceous plants, including Genista, Cytisus and Ulex.

It is listed as a synonym of Uresiphita polygonalis by some sources.[1]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Uresiphita polygonalis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 23, 2018.


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