Cataclysta lemnata
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Kingdom: | Animalia
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Phylum: | Arthropoda
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Class: | Insecta
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Species: | C. lemnata
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Cataclysta lemnata, the small china-mark,[2] is a moth species of the family Crambidae. It is found in Europe (including Great Britain and Ireland),[2] Morocco and Iran.[3]
Adults of the species are sexually dimorphic.[3] The wingspan is 18–19 mm for males and 22–24 mm for females. The forewings are white. The costa, discal spot and a series of terminal spots are all fuscous. The hindwings are white with scatted pale fuscous scales.[4] Meyrick describes it- The forewings in male are whitish, with a yellowish-fuscous discal dot, traces of lines, and a pale brownish terminal streak ; in female pale brownish, ochreous-mixed,with a darker discal spot, lines very indistinct, whitish, darker-edged, a whitish siibterminal streak. Hindwings are white; a dark fuscous discal dot ; lines outlined with fuscous, sometimes nearly obsolete, first preceded by a yellow or fuscous spot in disc ; subterminal and terminal ochreous lines enclosing a black fascia marked with four bluish-silvery dots.The larva is dark green or blackish ; dorsal line black ; head pale brown.[5]
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The moth flies from May to August depending on the location.
Larvae are semiaquatic.[3] C. lemnata larvae have been recorded feeding on duckweed species (including Lemna species[3] and Spirodela polyrhiza[6]), as well as water ferns of the genus Azolla.[3] The species is known to pupate in cocoons[6] or shelters[3] built from plant material.
References[]
- ^ Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2011). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved October 11, 2011.
- ^ a b "Small China-mark Cataclysta lemnata". UKMoths. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f Farahpour-Haghani, Atousa; Hassanpour, Mahdi; Alinia, Faramarz; Nouri-Ganbalani, Gadir; Razmjou, Jabraeil; Agassiz, David (20 January 2017). "Water ferns Azolla spp. (Azollaceae) as new host plants for the small China-mark moth, Cataclysta lemnata (Linnaeus, 1758) (Lepidoptera, Crambidae, Acentropinae)". Nota Lepidopterologica. 40 (1): 1–13. doi:10.3897/nl.40.10062. ISSN 2367-5365.
- ^ Agassiz, David J. L. (2012). "The Acentropinae (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae) of Africa" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3494: 1–73. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3494.1.1. ISBN 978-1-86977-986-3.
- ^ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description
- ^ a b Pabis, Krzysztof (2014). "Life cycle, host plants and abundance of caterpillars of the aquatic moth Cataclysta lemnata (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) in the post-glacial lake in central Poland" (PDF). North-Western Journal of Zoology. 10 (2): 441–444. ISSN 1843-5629. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
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External links[]
- Waarneming.nl (in Dutch)
- Lepidoptera of Belgium
- Acentropinae
- Moths described in 1758
- Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
- Moths of Europe
- Moths of Asia
- Acentropinae stubs