Scoparia pyralella

Scoparia pyralella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Scoparia
Species:	S. pyralella
Binomial name
	Scoparia pyralella; (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
Synonyms
	Tinea pyralella Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775; Eudorea tristrigella Stephens, 1834; Scoparia pyralella klimeschi Leraut, 1981; Phalaena arundinata Thunberg, 1792; Pyralis dubitalis Hübner, 1796; Scoparia dubitalis ab. alba Tutt, 1899; Scoparia dubitalis ab. inspersella Galvagni, 1920; Scoparia dubitalis f. australis Müller-Rutz, 1920; Scoparia dubitalis var. ivanalis Krulikovsky, 1909; Scoparia dubitalis var. purbeckensis E. R. Bankes, 1889; Scoparia ingratella vesubiella Marion, 1976;

Scoparia pyralella, the meadow grey, is a species of moth of the family Crambidae. It was first described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775.^[1]

Distribution

This species can be found in most of Europe.^[2]^[3] It is quite common over most of Britain. It inhabits fields and forests.

Description

Scoparia pyralella has a wingspan of 17–20 mm. These small moths have pale brown or whitish forewings with darker brown markings and transversal white lines. Hindwings are whitish Meyrick describes it -The forewings are white, more or less sprinkled with dark fuscous; a black ochreous- mixed mark from base of costa; lines white, dark-edged, first rather irregular, second slightly angulate-sinuate above middle; round orbicular, and narrow oval claviform yellow - ochreous, edged with dark fnscous, resting on first line; discal spot large, 8 -shaped, yellow -ochreous, dark -margined, touching costa above, and second line beneath; terminal area dark fuscous, subterminal line white, irregular. Hindwings are ochreous-whitish, terminally suffused with grey.^[4]

This species is rather similar to Scoparia ambigualis, Scoparia ancipitella, Scoparia basistrigalis, Scoparia subfusca, Eudonia lineola and Eudonia murana.^[5]

Biology

The moths fly from June to July, depending on the location. They are active mainly at dusk and night. The larvae feed on decaying leaves of various low-growing plants and perhaps on the roots of Senecio jacobaea.

Bibliography

Corley, M. F. V., Marabuto, E., & Pires, P. – 2007 - New Lepidoptera for the fauna of Portugal (Insecta: Lepidoptera). - SHILAP Revista de Lepidopterologia 35(139), 321-334.
Heckford, R. J. (2011): A note on the larva of Scoparia pyralella ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). Entomologist's Gazette 62: 1-6
Ivinskis, P. – 1993 - Check-list of Lithuanian Lepidoptera - Vilnius, 210 pp.
Martin, M.O. 1986 - Family Pyralidae - Pyralid moths -in: G. S. Medvedev (ed.), Keys to the Insects of the European Part of the USSR 4 (3): 232-244.

References

^ BioLib
^ "Scoparia pyralella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved March 8, 2018.
^ Savela, Markku. "Scoparia pyralella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved March 8, 2018.
^ 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
^ Suffolk Moths

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[1] BioLib

[2] "Scoparia pyralella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved March 8, 2018.

[3] Savela, Markku. "Scoparia pyralella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved March 8, 2018.

[4] 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

[5] Suffolk Moths

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