Crombrugghia tristis
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pterophoridae |
| Genus: | Crombrugghia |
| Species: | C. tristis
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| Crombrugghia tristis (Zeller, 1841)
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Crombrugghia tristis is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in most of Europe, except the Benelux, Great Britain, Ireland and Scandinavia.[1] It is also known from southern Siberia, Asia Minor and central Asia.[2] The habitat consists of sandy areas overgrown with Hieracium.
The wingspan is 16–17 millimetres (0.63–0.67 in), making it the smallest species in the genus Crombrugghia. It is greyish, light-brown coloured.[3]
The larvae feed on Hieracium echioides, Hieracium umbeliferum, Hieracium dubium, Hieracium cymosum, Hieracium piloselloides, Hieracium fallax, Hieracium pilosella and Hieracium amplexicaule.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ "Crombrugghia tristis (Zeller, 1841)". Fauna Europaea. Archived from the original on October 14, 2012. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
- ^ "Federmotten aus der Mongolei, Russland, der Türkei, der Balkanhalbinsel und Afrika, mit Beschreibung neuer Arten (Microlepidoptera: Pterophoridae)" (PDF). Free Web. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
- ^ "On the Systematics and Origin of the Generic Group oxyptilus Zeller (Lep. Alucitidae)". Biostor.org. Archived from the original on 25 October 2012. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
- ^ Crombrugghia at funet
Further reading[edit]
- Alipanah, Helen; Gielis, Cees; Sari, Alireza; Sarafrazi, Alimorad; Manzari, Shahab (2011). "Phylogenetic relationships in the tribe Oxyptilini (Lepidoptera, Pterophoridae, Pterophorinae) based on morphological data of adults". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 163 (2): 484–547. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00705.x. ISSN 0024-4082.
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