Pediasia luteella is a species of moth in the family Crambidae.[1] It was described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775. It is found in most of Europe (except Ireland, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and the Iberian Peninsula).[2] In the east, the range extends to Central Asia, the northern Caucasus, Transcaucasia, southern Siberia and Mongolia.[3]

Pediasia luteella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Pediasia
Species:
P. luteella
Binomial name
Pediasia luteella
Synonyms
  • Tinea luteella Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775
  • Crambus kindermanni Zeller, 1863
  • Crambus luteellus f. griseellus Obraztsov, 1936
  • Crambus uhryki Rothschild, 1911
  • Crambus lutealis Hübner, 1825
  • Tinea exoletella Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775
  • Agriphila exoletalis Hübner, 1825
  • Tinea exsoletella Hübner, 1796
  • Tinea convolutella Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775
  • Tinea ochrella Hübner, 1796

Adults are on wing from the end of May to mid-July in one generation per year.[4]

The larvae feed on Festuca ovina and Poa species.

References

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  1. "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved March 15, 2012.
  2. Fauna Europaea
  3. Savela, Markku. "Pediasia Hübner, [1825]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 21, 2017.
  4. "06355 Pediasia luteella ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)". Lepiforum e.V. Retrieved December 21, 2017.