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Pediasia contaminella is a species of moth in the family Crambidae described by Jacob Hübner in 1796.[1] It is found in almost all of Europe,[2] Asia Minor, the Caucasus, Transcaucasia, Iraq, Iran, the Kopet Dagh and Minusinsk.

Pediasia contaminella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Pediasia
Species:	P. contaminella
Binomial name
Pediasia contaminella (Hubner, 1796)
Synonyms
Tinea contaminella Hubner, 1796 Tinea contaminalis Hübner, [1825] Crambus cantiellus Tutt, 1886 Crambus contaminellus ab. fumosellus Caradja, 1931 Crambus contaminellus f. sticheli Costantini, 1922 Crambus contaminellus f. vernellus Turati, 1922 Pediasia squalidalis Hübner, 1816

The wingspan is 17–19 mm.[3] It differs from Pediasia aridella as follows : forewings without blackish submediaii streak from base, median line less oblique, with more strongly marked discal indentation, nearly parallel to second.[4]

Adults are on wing in July and August.[5]

The larvae feed on Poa species (including Poa maritima and Poa borreri) and Festuca ovina.[6] They live in a silken tube.

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