Crombrugghia tristis

Species of plume moth

Crombrugghia tristis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Crombrugghia
Species:
C. tristis
Binomial name
Crombrugghia tristis
(Zeller, 1841)
Synonyms
  • Pterophorus tristis Zeller, 1841
  • Oxyptilus tristis

Crombrugghia tristis is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in most of Europe, except the Benelux, Great Britain, Ireland and Scandinavia.[1] It is also known from southern Siberia, Asia Minor and central Asia.[2] The habitat consists of sandy areas overgrown with Hieracium.

The wingspan is 16–17 millimetres (0.63–0.67 in), making it the smallest species in the genus Crombrugghia. It is greyish, light-brown coloured.[3]

The larvae feed on Hieracium echioides, Hieracium umbeliferum, Hieracium dubium, Hieracium cymosum, Hieracium piloselloides, Hieracium fallax, Hieracium pilosella and Hieracium amplexicaule.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Crombrugghia tristis (Zeller, 1841)". Fauna Europaea. Archived from the original on October 14, 2012. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
  2. ^ Fazekas, Imre (2003). "Federmotten aus der Mongolei, Russland, der Türkei, der Balkanhalbinsel und Afrika, mit Beschreibung neuer Arten (Microlepidoptera: Pterophoridae)" [Five new species, distribution records of plume moths from Mongolia, Russia, Turkey, Balkans and the Africa (Microlepidoptera: Pterophoridae)]. Folia comloensis (in German). 12: 5–24.
  3. ^ "On the Systematics and Origin of the Generic Group oxyptilus Zeller (Lep. Alucitidae)". Biostor.org. Archived from the original on 25 October 2012. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
  4. ^ Crombrugghia at funet

Further reading

  • Alipanah, Helen; Gielis, Cees; Sari, Alireza; Sarafrazi, Alimorad; Manzari, Shahab (2011). "Phylogenetic relationships in the tribe Oxyptilini (Lepidoptera, Pterophoridae, Pterophorinae) based on morphological data of adults". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 163 (2): 484–547. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00705.x. ISSN 0024-4082.
Taxon identifiers
Crombrugghia tristis


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