Loxostege deliblatica is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. It is found from Europe (Italy, Austria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Croatia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, the Republic of Macedonia, Greece and Russia),[1] through Turkey and Central Asia (including Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan)[2] to China.[3]

Loxostege deliblatica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Loxostege
Species:
L. deliblatica
Binomial name
Loxostege deliblatica
Szent-Ivány & Uhrik-Meszaros, 1942
Synonyms
  • Phlyctaenodes (Loxostege) sulphuralis f. minor Caradja in Caradja & Meyrick, 1937
  • Pyralis gilvalis Hübner, 1796
  • Pyralis sulphuralis Hübner, 1813 (nec Thunberg, 1784)
  • Phlyctaenodes sulphuralis ab. asignata Skala, 1928
  • Sitochroa huebneri Koçak, 1980

The wingspan is about 23 mm. Adults have light yellow forewings and whitish hindwings.[4]

References edit

  1. ^ Fauna Europaea
  2. ^ BOLD Systems
  3. ^ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2012-03-22.
  4. ^ lepiforum.de