Catoptria pinella is a species of moth of the family Crambidae. It is found in Europe, North Africa and across the Palearctic.

Catoptria pinella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Catoptria
Species:	C. pinella
Binomial name
Catoptria pinella (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
Phalaena (Tinea) pinella Linnaeus, 1758 Catoptria pinella albarracinella (Agenjo, 1954) Catoptria pinella algeriellus (D. Lucas, 1932) Phalaena virginella Scopoli, 1763 Phalaena pinetalis Hübner, 1825 Phalaena Tinea pinetella Linnaeus, 1761 Crambus pineti Fabricius, 1798 Crambus pinetorum Westwood, 1840 Catoptria pinella siciliella Bleszynski, 1965 Catoptria pinella telekiella (Schmidt, 1930)

The wingspan is 18–24 mm.The face has a short cone. Forewings ferrnginous-ochreous ; a shining white broadly dilating median streak from base to 4, cut in middle by a dark brown oblique bar, posterior portion edged with dark brown; second line obscurely brown towards costa ; cilia shining brownish. Hindwings are light grey.The larva is dull reddish-grey ; spots black , head and plate of 2 black :[1]

The moth flies from July to August depending on the location.

The larvae feed on various grasses.

References

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External links

• Catoptria pinella at UKmoths
• Lepiforum.de