Calamotropha aureliellus is a species of moth in the family Crambidae.[1] It is found in France, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, Germany, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, the Republic of Macedonia, Greece,[2] the Russian Far East and Japan.[3]

Calamotropha aureliellus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Subfamily:	Crambinae
Tribe:	Calamotrophini
Genus:	Calamotropha
Species:	C. aureliellus
Binomial name
Calamotropha aureliellus (Fischer v. Röslerstamm, 1841)
Synonyms
Chilo aureliellus Fischer v. Röslerstamm, 1841 Chilo aurescellus Fischer von Röslerstamm, 1834 Calamotropha fulvilineata Okano, 1958 Crambus aureliellus ab. approximellus Preissecker, 1937 Crambus aureliellus ab. fischeri Osthelder, 1937 Calamotropha aureliellus kikuchii Okano, 1960 Crambus aureliellus korbi Bleszynski, 1965

The wingspan is about 23 mm.[4]

Subspecies

• Calamotropha aureliellus aureliella (Europe, Russian Far East, Japan)
• Calamotropha aureliellus korbi (Caradja, 1910) (Amur)
• Calamotropha aureliellus kikuchii Okano, 1960 (Japan: northern Honshu)

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