Agriphila straminella: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Crambidae
- Genus
- Agriphila
- Species
- Agriphila straminella
- Scientific Name
- Agriphila straminella
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Agriphila straminella
Agriphila straminella is a species of moth of the family Crambidae. It was described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775 and is found in Europe and east across the Palearctic.
The wingspan is 16–20 mm. The forewings are brown; a whitish median streak, ending in branches along veins 2-5, often separated by dark fuscous scales; dorsal 2/3 often wholly suffused with whitish-ochreous; a terminal series of black dots; cilia metallic. Hindwings are rather dark grey. The larva is pale pinkish-ochreous; spots brown; head and plate of 2 brown, darker-marked
The moth flies from June to September depending on the location.
The larvae feed on various grasses, such as sheep's fescue (Festuca ovina), smooth meadowgrass (Poa pratensis), and wheat (Triticum aestivum).
...Agriphila straminella in languages:
- Bokmål
- blek nebbmott
- Czech
- travařík pastvinný
- Danish
- Perlehalvmøl
- Dutch
- Blauwooggrasmot
- English
- Pearl Veneer
- Finnish
- nurmiheinäkoisa
- French
- Crambus des chaumes
- German
- Unscheinbarer Graszünsler
- Hungarian
- Aranyrojtú fűgyökérmoly
- Lithuanian
- Gelsvoji agrifila
- Polish
- Wachlarzyk słomkowy
- Russian
- Травянка желтоватая
- Swedish
- halmgult gräsmott
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Agriphila aeneociliella
- Agriphila alpina
- Agriphila anceps
- Agriphila angulata
- Agriphila angulatus
- Agriphila argentistrigellus
- Agriphila atlanticus
- Agriphila attenuatus
- Agriphila beieri
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- Agriphila biothanatalis
- Agriphila brioniellus
- Agriphila cernyi
- Agriphila costalipartella
- Agriphila cyrenaicellus
- Agriphila dalmatinellus
- Agriphila deliella
- Agriphila geniculea
- Agriphila indivisellus
- Agriphila inquinatella
- Agriphila latistria
- Agriphila paleatellus
- Agriphila plumbifimbriellus
- Agriphila poliellus
- Agriphila ruricolellus
- Agriphila sakayehamana
- Agriphila selasella
- Agriphila straminella
- Agriphila tersellus
- Agriphila tolli
- Agriphila trabeatellus
- Agriphila tristella
- Agriphila undatus
- Agriphila vasilevi
- Agriphila vulgivagellus































































































































































