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Sitochroa palealis, the carrot seed moth, is a species of moth of the family Crambidae described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775. It is found in Europe and in 2002 the first specimen was reported in the United States.

Sitochroa palealis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Sitochroa
Species:	S. palealis
Binomial name
Sitochroa palealis (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
Synonyms
Pyralis palealis Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775 Sitochroa palealis anaxisalis (Walker, 1859) Loxostege (Phlyctaenodes) palealis var. extremalis Caradja, 1916 Phalaena flaveolata Hufnagel, 1767 Phalaena Pyralis stigmatalis Villers, 1789 Pyralis selenalis Hübner, 1796 Spilodes algiralis Allard, 1867

The wingspan is 26–34 mm.[1] The moth flies from June to July depending on the location.

The larvae feed on Daucus carota, Peucedanum oreoselinum and species from the genera, Heracleum, Foeniculum and Silaum.

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  Larva on Daucus carota, Illinois, United States

References

External links

• Media related to Sitochroa palealis at Wikimedia Commons
• Sitochroa palealis at UKMoths

На других языках

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- [en] Sitochroa palealis

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[ru] Бледный луговой мотылёк

Бледный луговой мотылёк[1] (лат. Sitochroa palealis) — бабочка из семейства огнёвок-травянок. Распространена в Европе.

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