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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Crambidae |
Genus: | Chilo |
Species: | C. phragmitella
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Chilo phragmitella (
Hübner, 1805)
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Chilo phragmitella is a species of moth of the family Crambidae, sometimes referred to by the vernacular names wainscot veneer [1] or reed veneer. [2] It was first described by Jacob Hübner between 1805 and 1810 as Tinea phragmitella, and is the type species of the genus Chilo. [3]
Chilo phragmitella occurs in wetland habitats with reed beds and paddy fields, and can be found in much of Europe, including Great-Britain, and parts of Asia.
The species was, as Tinea phragmitella, [4] first described by Jacob Hübner in his work Sammlung europäischer Schmetterlinge, [3] a multi-volume work with publication dates from 1793 to 1841. [5] Francis Hemming, in his 1937 systematic treatment [a] of the entomological works of Jacob Hübner, narrowed the range of years in which the description of Tinea phragmitella may have been published to 1805–1810. [5]
The specific name phragmitella refers to the species' larval food source. [6]
Chilo phragmitella occurs in most of Europe, [4] including the British Isles. [7] It is also known from parts of Asia, including Iran, [8] [9] Iraq, [9] Japan [9] and China. [9] It is found in wetlands with large reed beds [10] and paddy fields. [8]
Larvae are whitish and feed internally from stem and rootstock of common reed ( Phragmites australis) and reed sweet-grass ( Glyceria maxima). [7] [11] Larvae take two years to mature. [12] [13] Prior to pupation, the larva creates a hole in the stem to exit from as moth. Pupation occurs within the stem beneath the exit created by the larva. [7] [14]
Adults are sexually dimorphic, with smaller, darker males. Wingspan is respectively 24–32 mm for males and 30–40 mm for females. [7] Both sexes have long labial palpi. [11] Female specimens of Chilo phragmitella may resemble those of Donacaula forficella. [6]
In Great-Britain, adults are on wing from June to July in a single generation. [7]
The following description of Chilo phragmitella was published in Edward Meyrick's 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera: [15]
The face with a conical horny projection. The labial palpi longer than head and thorax. Forewings in female much narrower and more acute than in male ; pale ochreous, more or less suffused with brown, especially in male, tending to form dark streaks on and between veins ; a dark fuscous discal dot ; termen sinuate. Hindwings are pale whitish-ochreous or whitish, The larva is ochreous -whitish ; dorsal, subdorsal, and lateral lines reddish -brown ; head and plate of 2 yellowish -brown.
Chilo phragmitella | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Crambidae |
Genus: | Chilo |
Species: | C. phragmitella
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Binomial name | |
Chilo phragmitella (
Hübner, 1805)
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Synonyms | |
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Chilo phragmitella is a species of moth of the family Crambidae, sometimes referred to by the vernacular names wainscot veneer [1] or reed veneer. [2] It was first described by Jacob Hübner between 1805 and 1810 as Tinea phragmitella, and is the type species of the genus Chilo. [3]
Chilo phragmitella occurs in wetland habitats with reed beds and paddy fields, and can be found in much of Europe, including Great-Britain, and parts of Asia.
The species was, as Tinea phragmitella, [4] first described by Jacob Hübner in his work Sammlung europäischer Schmetterlinge, [3] a multi-volume work with publication dates from 1793 to 1841. [5] Francis Hemming, in his 1937 systematic treatment [a] of the entomological works of Jacob Hübner, narrowed the range of years in which the description of Tinea phragmitella may have been published to 1805–1810. [5]
The specific name phragmitella refers to the species' larval food source. [6]
Chilo phragmitella occurs in most of Europe, [4] including the British Isles. [7] It is also known from parts of Asia, including Iran, [8] [9] Iraq, [9] Japan [9] and China. [9] It is found in wetlands with large reed beds [10] and paddy fields. [8]
Larvae are whitish and feed internally from stem and rootstock of common reed ( Phragmites australis) and reed sweet-grass ( Glyceria maxima). [7] [11] Larvae take two years to mature. [12] [13] Prior to pupation, the larva creates a hole in the stem to exit from as moth. Pupation occurs within the stem beneath the exit created by the larva. [7] [14]
Adults are sexually dimorphic, with smaller, darker males. Wingspan is respectively 24–32 mm for males and 30–40 mm for females. [7] Both sexes have long labial palpi. [11] Female specimens of Chilo phragmitella may resemble those of Donacaula forficella. [6]
In Great-Britain, adults are on wing from June to July in a single generation. [7]
The following description of Chilo phragmitella was published in Edward Meyrick's 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera: [15]
The face with a conical horny projection. The labial palpi longer than head and thorax. Forewings in female much narrower and more acute than in male ; pale ochreous, more or less suffused with brown, especially in male, tending to form dark streaks on and between veins ; a dark fuscous discal dot ; termen sinuate. Hindwings are pale whitish-ochreous or whitish, The larva is ochreous -whitish ; dorsal, subdorsal, and lateral lines reddish -brown ; head and plate of 2 yellowish -brown.