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Mecyna asinalis

Synonyms: Botys asinalis; Mecyna characteralis; Mecyna obsoletalis; Pyralis asinalis (homotypic); Pyrausta asinalis

Wikipedia Abstract

Mecyna asinalis, sometimes known as the madder pearl, is a species of moth of the Crambidae family. It is found in west and southern Europe, including Ireland, Britain, the Iberian Peninsula, France, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Albania, Croatia, Greece and Sicily, Sardinia, Malta, Madeira, Corsica, the Azores and the Canary Islands. The wingspan is 25–29 millimetres (0.98–1.14 in). The moth flies from May to October depending on the location. There are probably two generations per year. The larvae feed on the leaves of Rubia peregrina.
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Protected Areas

Prey / Diet

Rubia peregrina (Wild Madder)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Acherontia atropos (Death's-head hawk moth)1
Erithacus rubecula (European Robin)1
Macroglossum stellatarum (Hummingbird Hawk-Moth)1
Sylvia atricapilla (Eurasian Blackcap)1
Sylvia borin (Garden Warbler)1

Predators

Rhinolophus euryale (Mediterranean horseshoe bat)[2]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
2Arrizabalaga-Escudero, Aitor et al. (2019), Data from: Trait-based functional dietary analysis provides a better insight into the foraging ecology of bats, v2, Dryad, Dataset, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.f611bn3
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0