Gesneria centuriella
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Gesneria[1] |
| Species: | G. centuriella |
| Binomial name | |
| Gesneria centuriella (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) | |
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Gesneria centuriella is a species of moth in the Crambidae family. It is found from Europe (Fennoscandia, Estonia, Russia, Poland, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, France, Iceland),[2] east to Japan.[3] It is also present in Greenland and northern North America.[4]
The wingspan is 20–30 mm. The forewings are smoky gray to dark brown. The hindwings are lighter, smoky gray near the terminus and lighter medially.[5] Adults are on wing from mid June to July in North America.
Subspecies
- Gesneria centuriella centuriella (Eurasia)
- Gesneria centuriella beringiella Munroe, 1972 (Alaska to British Columbia)
- Gesneria centuriella borealis (Duponchel, 1835) (Greenland)
- Gesneria centuriella caecalis (Walker, [1859]) (Alaska and Canada to New York, Massachusetts, Oregon, Idaho)
- Gesneria centuriella ninguidalis (Hulst, 1886) (Arizona, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana)
References
- ↑ "World Pyraloidea Database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2012-03-22.
- ↑ Fauna Europaea
- ↑ Japanese Moths
- ↑ Gesneria at funet
- ↑ University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
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