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Pediasia contaminella

Synonyms: Pediasia cantiellus; Pediasia squalidalis; Pediasia sticheli; Tinea contaminella (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Pediasia contaminella is a species of moth in the Crambidae family. It is found in almost all of Europe, Asia Minor, the Caucasus, Transcaucasia, Iraq, Iran, the Kopet Dagh and Minussinsk. The wingspan is 17–19 mm. Adults are on wing in July and August. The larvae feed on Poa species (including Poa maritima and Poa borreri) and Festuca ovina. They live in a silken tube.
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Dorset Heaths (Purbeck and Wareham) and Studland Dunes 5491 England, United Kingdom
Dungeness 7966 England, United Kingdom
Essex Estuaries 114016 England, United Kingdom
Richmond Park 2092 England, United Kingdom  

Prey / Diet

Festuca calligera (sheep fescue)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
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