Celypha lacunana
Encyclopedia
Syricoris lacunana is a small moth
species
of the family
Tortricidae
. It is found in the Palearctic ecozone.
Like its congener
s, it is sometimes still placed in the genus
Celypha
.
The wingspan
is 16-18 mm. The adult moths fly from late April to September in the temperate
part of their range (e.g. Belgium
and The Netherlands).
The larvae feed on various herbaceous plant
s, including nettle
s (Urtica).
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
species
Species
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of the family
Family (biology)
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Tortricidae
Tortricidae
Tortricidae is a family of moths, commonly known as tortrix moths, in the order Lepidoptera. Tortricidae is a large family with over 9,400 species described, and is the sole member of the superfamily Tortricoidea. Many of these are economically important pests. Olethreutidae is a junior synonym...
. It is found in the Palearctic ecozone.
Like its congener
Congener
Congener has several different meanings depending on the field in which it is used. Colloquially, it is used to mean a person or thing like another, in character or action.-Biology:In biology, congeners are organisms within the same genus...
s, it is sometimes still placed in the genus
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
Celypha
Celypha
Celypha is a genus of tortrix moths . It belongs to the tribe Olethreutini of subfamily Olethreutinae.The closely related genus Syricoris is sometimes included in Celpyha.-Species:...
.
The wingspan
Wingspan
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is 16-18 mm. The adult moths fly from late April to September in the temperate
Temperate
In geography, temperate or tepid latitudes of the globe lie between the tropics and the polar circles. The changes in these regions between summer and winter are generally relatively moderate, rather than extreme hot or cold...
part of their range (e.g. Belgium
Belgium
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and The Netherlands).
The larvae feed on various herbaceous plant
Herbaceous plant
A herbaceous plant is a plant that has leaves and stems that die down at the end of the growing season to the soil level. They have no persistent woody stem above ground...
s, including nettle
Nettle
Nettles constitute between 24 and 39 species of flowering plants of the genus Urtica in the family Urticaceae, with a cosmopolitan though mainly temperate distribution. They are mostly herbaceous perennial plants, but some are annual and a few are shrubby...
s (Urtica).
Synonyms
Junior synonyms of this species are:- Argyroploce lacunana var. lucivaganoides Strand, 1920
- Argyroploce symmathetes Caradja, 1916
- Celypha lacunana (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
- Loxoterma lacunana (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
- Olethreutes pallidana Hauder, 1918
- Orthotaenia alternana Curtis, 1831
- Pyralis decussana Fabricius, 1775
- Penthina lacunana var. hoffmanniana Teich, 1890
- Sericoris herbana Guenée, 1845
- Sericoris lacunana f. fuscoapicalis Strand, 1901
- Sericoris rooana Degraff, 1861
- Syricoris alticola Gibeaux, 1990
- Syricoris hoffmanniana (Teich, 1890)
- Syricoris lacunana alticola Gibeaux, 1990
- Syricoris lucivaganoides (Strand, 1920)
- Tortrix lacunana Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775