Gymnancyla canella
Appearance
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pyralidae |
Genus: | Gymnancyla |
Species: | G. canella
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Gymnancyla canella is a species of moth of the family Pyralidae. It is found in most of Europe, except Ireland, the Baltic region and Fennoscandia.
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The wingspan is 22–25 mm. Adults are on wing from June to August.[3] The larvae feed on Salsola kali and sometimes Atriplex species.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved July 23, 2017.
- ^ "Fauna Europaea". Faunaeur.org. Archived from the original on October 15, 2012. Retrieved 2011-10-07.
- ^ "microlepidoptera.nl". microlepidoptera.nl. Archived from the original on 2012-09-29. Retrieved 2011-10-07.
- ^ "Gymnancyla canella". UKMoths. Retrieved 2011-10-07.