Hypochalcia ahenella is a species of snout moth in the genus Hypochalcia. It was described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775 and is known from most of Europe, Turkey,[1] and Texas in the US.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pyralidae |
| Genus: | Hypochalcia |
| Species: | H. ahenella
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| Hypochalcia ahenella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
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The wingspan is 23–32 mm.[2] Adults are on wing from May to the end of August.[3]
The larvae probably feed on Helianthemum species and/or Artemisia campestris.[4]
References
edit- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ "microlepidoptera.nl". Archived from the original on 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2012-02-06.
- ^ Lot Moths and Butterflies
- ^ UKmoths
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