Ancylolomia palpella

Short description: Species of moth

Ancylolomia palpella

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Family:  | Crambidae
Subfamily:  | Crambinae
Tribe:  | Ancylolomiini
Genus:  | Ancylolomia
Species:  |

A. palpella

Binomial name
Ancylolomia palpella

(Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)[1]

Synonyms

* Tinea palpella Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775
* Ancylolomia palpella var. sovinskyi Krulikovsky, 1909
* Ancylolomia palpella gracilella Caradja, 1916
* Ancylolomia palpigeralis Hübner, 1825
* Ancylolomia palpella syriaca Rebel, 1911
* Ancylolomia affinis Rothschild, 1921
* Ancylolomia syriaca var. mesopotamica Rebel, 1918

Ancylolomia palpella is a species of moth in the family Crambidae described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775. It is found in Belgium, France , Spain , Portugal, Italy, Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland , Hungary, Croatia, Romania, Bulgaria, the Republic of Macedonia, Albania, Greece, Ukraine , Russia ,[2] Transcaucasia, Asia Minor, Lebanon, the Palestinian territories, Iraq, Syria, Iran and Central Asia.[3]

The wingspan is 31–36 mm for males and 34–45 mm for females. Adults are on wing from June to October in two generations per year.[4]

The larvae feed in the stems of various grasses within a silken gallery. Pupation takes place in a cocoon covered in grass detritus.

## Subspecies

* Ancylolomia palpella palpella (Europe, western Russia, the Ural, Transcaucasia, Asia Minor, the Palestinian Territories, Iraq, Syria, Iran)
* Ancylolomia palpella syriaca Rebel, 1911 (the Palestinian Territories, Lebanon, Asia Minor, Syria, Iraq)
* Ancylolomia palpella gracilella Caradja, 1916 (Central Asia: Aulie-Ata)

## References

1. ↑ "GlobIZ search". http://globiz.pyraloidea.org/Pages/Reports/TaxonReport.aspx. Retrieved November 7, 2017.
2. ↑ Fauna Europaea
3. ↑ Savela, Markku. "Ancylolomia Hübner, [1825"]. http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/pyraloidea/crambidae/crambinae/ancylolomia/. Retrieved November 7, 2017.
4. ↑ "LOT Moths and Butterflies". http://www.lotmoths.com/species/species.php?frmSpeciesID=908.

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