Crombrugghia tristis

Crombrugghia tristis is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in most of Europe, except the Benelux, Great Britain, Ireland and Scandinavia.[1] It is also known from southern Siberia, Asia Minor and central Asia.[2] The habitat consists of sandy areas overgrown with Hieracium.

Crombrugghia tristis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pterophoridae
Genus:	Crombrugghia
Species:	C. tristis
Binomial name
Crombrugghia tristis (Zeller, 1841)
Synonyms
Pterophorus tristis Zeller, 1841 Oxyptilus tristis

The wingspan is 16–17 millimetres (0.63–0.67 in), making it the smallest species in the genus Crombrugghia. It is greyish, light-brown coloured.[3]

The larvae feed on Hieracium echioides, Hieracium umbeliferum, Hieracium dubium, Hieracium cymosum, Hieracium piloselloides, Hieracium fallax, Hieracium pilosella and Hieracium amplexicaule.[4]

References

1. "Crombrugghia tristis (Zeller, 1841)". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
2. "Federmotten aus der Mongolei, Russland, der Türkei, der Balkanhalbinsel und Afrika, mit Beschreibung neuer Arten (Microlepidoptera: Pterophoridae)" (PDF). Free Web. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
3. "On the Systematics and Origin of the Generic Group oxyptilus Zeller (Lep. Alucitidae)". Biostor.org. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
4. Crombrugghia at funet

Further reading

• Alipanah, Helen; Gielis, Cees; Sari, Alireza; Sarafrazi, Alimorad; Manzari, Shahab (2011). "Phylogenetic relationships in the tribe Oxyptilini (Lepidoptera, Pterophoridae, Pterophorinae) based on morphological data of adults". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 163 (2): 484–547. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00705.x. ISSN 0024-4082.