Elegia fallax

Elegia fallax
Elegia fallax
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Elegia
Species: E. fallax
Binomial name
Elegia fallax
(Staudinger, 1881)[1]
Synonyms
  • Nephopterix fallax Staudinger, 1881
  • Elegia atrifasciella Ragonot, 1825
  • Ichorarchis elegiella Amsel, 1953
  • Ichorarchis iozona Meyrick, 1937

Elegia fallax is a moth of the Pyralidae family. It is known from Spain, Portugal, France, Italy, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Slovenia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Macedonia and Greece. It has also been recorded from the Channel Islands in 2005.

The wingspan is 17-19 mm.[2]

The larvae feed on Quercus species.

References

  1. ^ "Fauna Europaea". Faunaeur.org. http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=442415. Retrieved 2011-10-07. 
  2. ^ "Hants Moths". Hants Moths. 2011-04-24. http://www.hantsmoths.org.uk/species/1448a.php. Retrieved 2011-10-07. 
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