Platytes cerussella
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Subfamily: | Crambinae |
| Tribe: | Crambini |
| Genus: | Platytes |
| Species: | P. cerussella
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| Binomial name | |
| Platytes cerussella (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
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Platytes cerussella is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. It is found in almost all of Europe.[1][2]
The wingspan is 12–16 mm.[3] Males are darker in tone than females and usually slightly larger. Adults are usually flying in June and July.[4]
The larvae feed on the roots of various plants growing under stones in sandy soil, including Carex arenaria, Festuca and other Gramineae species.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ "World Pyraloidea Database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2012-03-15.
- ^ microlepidoptera.nl
- ^ UKmoths
- ^ Lepidoptera of Belgium