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Longalatedes elymi (Lyme Grass)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The Lyme Grass (Longalatedes elymi) is a species of moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found along the coasts of southern Sweden, southern Finland, Denmark, Estonia, northern Poland, northern Germany and eastern Great Britain. The wingspan is about 36 mm. Adults are on wing from June to August. The larvae feed on Elymus arenarius. They feed inside the stem of their host plant, usually below the surface of the sand.
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Infraspecies

Prey / Diet

Leymus arenarius (sand ryegrass)[1]

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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