Pediasia contaminella is a species of moth in the family Crambidae described by Jacob Hübner in 1796.[1] It is found in almost all of Europe,[2] Asia Minor, the Caucasus, Transcaucasia, Iraq, Iran, the Kopet Dagh and Minusinsk.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Pediasia |
| Species: | P. contaminella
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| Pediasia contaminella (Hubner, 1796)
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The wingspan is 17–19 mm.[3] It differs from Pediasia aridella as follows : forewings without blackish submediaii streak from base, median line less oblique, with more strongly marked discal indentation, nearly parallel to second.[4]
Adults are on wing in July and August.[5]
The larvae feed on Poa species (including Poa maritima and Poa borreri) and Festuca ovina.[6] They live in a silken tube.
References edit
- ^ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved March 15, 2012.
- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ Microlepidoptera.nl
- ^ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description
- ^ UKMoths
- ^ Savela, Markku. "Pediasia Hübner, [1825]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 21, 2017.
