Scoparia pyralella

Scoparia pyralella
Scoparia pyralella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Hexapoda
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, common name meadow grey, is a species of moth of the Crambidae family.

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

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.

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

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.

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