Catoptria mytilella

Catoptria mytilella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Catoptria
Species:	C. mytilella
Binomial name
	Catoptria mytilella; (Hubner, 1805)
Synonyms
	Crambus mitylellus Tinea mytilella; Hubner, 1805 Agenjo, 1954 ; Duponchel, 1836 Catoptria mytilalis; Catoptria mytilella hermesi Hübner, 1825 ; Crambus villarubiae (Ganev, 1987) ; Agenjo, 1954 Crambus mytilella vilarrubiae;

Catoptria mytilella is a species of moth in the family Crambidae described by Jacob Hübner in 1805.^[1] It is found in large parts of Europe (except Ireland, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Fennoscandia, Denmark, the Baltic region, Ukraine and Portugal),^[2] Asia Minor and the northern Caucasus.^[3]

The wingspan is 17–25 mm.^[4] Adults are on wing from mid-June to late July in one generation per year.

The larvae possibly feed on mosses.^[5]

Subspecies

^ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2012-03-18.
^ Fauna Europaea
^ Savela, Markku. "Catoptria Hübner, [1825]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 29, 2017.
^ Swedish Moths
^ "Lepidoptera of Belgium". Archived from the original on 2007-05-16. Retrieved 2012-03-19.

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