Catoptria maculalis

Catoptria maculalis is a species of moth in the family Crambidae.[1] It is found in Germany, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, Fennoscandia, Russia,[2] Quebec, Labrador and the Yukon.[3]

Catoptria maculalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Catoptria
Species:
C. maculalis
Binomial name
Catoptria maculalis
(Zetterstedt, 1839)
Synonyms
  • Scopula maculalis Zetterstedt, 1839
  • Crambus cacuminellus Zeller, 1850
  • Crambus maculalis ab. albimaculella Burmann, 1948
  • Crambus maculalis ab. albisignata Burmann, 1948

The moth's wingspan is 18–23 mm.[4] The forewings are dark chocolate brown with two light blotches. The hindwings are dark chocolate brown without a blotch. Adults are on wing in July in North America and in June and July in northern Europe.

References
  1. "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2012-03-18.
  2. Fauna Europaea
  3. "Species Page - Catoptria maculalis". Entomology Collection. University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum. Archived from the original on November 3, 2019.
  4. Swedish Moths


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