Synaphe moldavica

Synaphe moldavica is a species of moth of the family Pyralidae described by Eugenius Johann Christoph Esper in 1794. It is found in Portugal, Spain, Italy, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Romania, Bulgaria, the Republic of Macedonia, Albania, Greece, Moldova, Ukraine, Russia, Turkey[2] and Iran.

Synaphe moldavica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Pyralidae
Genus:
Synaphe
Species:
S. moldavica
Binomial name
Synaphe moldavica
(Esper, 1794)[1]
Synonyms
  • Phalaena Bombyx moldavica Esper, 1794
  • Cledeobia aberralis Guenée, 1854
  • Cledeobia moldavica italicalis Hartig, 1941
  • Cledeobia moldavica f. bertoncinii Hartig, 1941
  • Cledeobia moldavica schmidti Hartig, 1941
  • Pyralis netricalis Hübner, 1813
  • Cledeobia palermitalis Guenée, 1854

The wingspan is 28–30 mm.

The larvae feed on Gramineae species.[3]

References
  1. "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved September 25, 2017.
  2. Fauna Europaea
  3. Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa


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