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Eudonia sudetica is a species of moth in the family Crambidae described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1839.

Eudonia sudetica
Eudonia sudetica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Eudonia[1]
Species:	E. sudetica
Binomial name
Eudonia sudetica (Zeller, 1839)
Synonyms
Eudorea sudetica Zeller, 1839 Eudorea sudetica var. livonica Zeller, 1846 Scoparia petrophila balcanica Rebel, 1917 Scoparia sudeticalis ab. luzialis Guenée, 1854

Etymology

The species name sudetica means from Sudetes.

Distribution

This species can be found in most of Europe, except Ireland, Great Britain, the Benelux, Portugal and most of the Balkan Peninsula.[2]

Description

Eudonia sudetica has a wingspan of 17–21 mm.[3] The forewings are whitish with browm markings.

Biology

The larvae live from October to May feeding on moss[3] on rocks or trees.[4]

Bibliography

• Zeller, P. C. (1839): Versuch einer naturgemäßen Eintheilung der Schaben. — Isis von Oken 1839 (3): 167-220. Leipzig

References

External links

• Lepiforum.de (in German)
• Euroleps
• Paolo Mazzei, Daniel Morel, Raniero Panfili Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa

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