Crombrugghia tristis

Crombrugghia tristis
Crombrugghia tristis
Scientific classification
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 Pterophoridae family. 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 mm[3], making it the smallest species in the Crombrugghia genus. It is greyish, light-brown coloured.[4]

The larvae feed on Hieracium echioides, Hieracium umbeliferum, Hieracium dubium, Hieracium cymosum, Hieracium piloselloides, Hieracium fallax, Hieracium pilosella and Hieracium amplexicaule.[5]

References

  1. ^ Fauna Europaea
  2. ^ Federmotten aus der Mongolei, Russland, der Türkei, der Balkanhalbinsel und Afrika, mit Beschreibung neuer Arten (Microlepidoptera: Pterophoridae)
  3. ^ lepidoptera.pl
  4. ^ On the Systematics and Origin of the Generic Group oxyptilus Zeller (Lep. Alucitidae)
  5. ^ Crombrugghia at funet
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