Chrysoteuchia culmella (Linnaeus, 1758)

Taxonomy
class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Pyraloidea → family Crambidae → subfamily Crambinae → tribe Crambini → genus Chrysoteuchia → species Chrysoteuchia culmella
Species name(s)
Chrysoteuchia culmella (Linnaeus, 1758).
urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:9131
Expansion
Zoogeographical regions
Palaearctic.
Russia regions
#1. Kaliningradsky; #2. Kolsky; #3. Karelsky; #4. Evropeisky Severo-Zapadny; #6. Evropeisky Severo-Vostochny; #7. Evropeisky yuzhno-tayozhny; #8. Evropeisky Tsentralny; #9. Evropeisky Tsentralno-Chernozyomny; #10. Sredne-Volzhsky; #11. Volgo-Donsky; #12. Nizhnevolzhsky; #13. Zapadno-Kavkazsky; #16. Sredne-Uralsky; #17. Yuzhno-Uralsky; #22. Krasnoyarsky; #27. Pribaikalsky; #28. Zabaikalsky; #36. Sredne-Amursky; #37. Nizhne-Amursky; #38. Sakhalin; #39. Yuzhno-Kurilsky; #40. Primorsky.
Wingspan
18—25 mm.
Primary colors
Brown/Gray/Black.
Flight time
January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December |

Detailed information with references
Habitus and Differences from alike species
- Wingspan: 18-25 mm. Personal communication. Vasiliy Feoktistov.
Distribution
- Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Denmark, Greece, Spain, Italy, Corsica, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardinia, Sicily, Slovakia, the Soviet Union - the European part Turkey - European part, Finland, France, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [1]. Peter Khramov.
- Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, the European North-East, the European North-West, the European Central Black Earth, the European Central European South taiga, Transbaikalia, Western Caucasus, Kaliningrad, Karelia, Kola, Krasnoyarsk, Nizhny-Amur, Lower Volga, Pribaikalskiy, Primorye, Sakhalin,Mid-Amur, the Volga-Average, Average Urals, the South Kuril, South Ural. [3]. Peter Khramov.
- Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the British Isles, France, Germany, Greece (mainland), Denmark (mainland), Ireland, Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Corsica, Latvia, Lithuania , Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Moldova, Netherlands, Norway (mainland)Channel Islands, Poland, Portugal (mainland), Romania, Russia, Sardinia, Northern Ireland, Sicily, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey (European part), Finland, France (mainland), Croatia, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia. [10]. Peter Khramov.
Lifespan
- June July Personal communication. Vasiliy Feoktistov.
Larva food plants
- Reed (Phragmites), Mannik (Glyceria) Personal communication. Vasiliy Feoktistov.
Subspecies Chrysoteuchia culmella
- C. c. culmella (Linnaeus, 1758).
- C. c. monanellus Stephens, 1834.
- C. c. montanella (Stephens, 1834).
- C. c. sebdoui (Bleszynski, 1962).
- C. c. uralella (Krulikovsky, 1909).
- C. c. uralellus Krulikovski, 1909.
- C. c. ussuriella (Bleszynski, 1962).
- C. c. ussuriellus Bleszynski, 1962.
- C. c. vachellellus Kearfott, 1903.
Authors
Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.
Photos:
Vitaly Gumenuk, Andrei Komrakov. Text data: Peter Khramov, Vasiliy Feoktistov.
Main characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov, Vasiliy Feoktistov.
Color characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.
References
- [1] O. Karsholt, J. Razowski (eds.), 1996. The Lepidoptera of Europe: a distributional checklist
- [3] Каталог чешуекрылых (Lepidoptera) России. Под ред. С. Ю. Синёва. СПб.; М.: Товарищество научных изданий КМК, 2008
- [10] de Jong, Y.S.D.M. (ed.) (2011) Fauna Europaea version 2.4 (faunaeur.org)
- Vasiliy Feoktistov, personal communication
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