Chrysocrambus linetella
Chrysocrambus linetella is a species of moth in the family Crambidae.
Subspecies
- Chrysocrambus linetella linetella
- Chrysocrambus linetella caspicus
- Chrysocrambus linetella pseudocraterellus Bleszynski, 1958
Distribution
This species can be found in Great Britain, France, Spain, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania, Montenegro, the Republic of North Macedonia, Greece, Bulgaria, Turkey, Romania, Transcaucasia, Asia Minor, Armenia, Syria, Jordan, Iraq, Iran, and Turkmenistan.Description
The wingspan is 20–27 mm. The basic color of the upperside forewings is whitish, with several longitudinal brown lines and two transverse brown lines.It is very similar to Chrysocrambus craterella, but it can be distinguished by the less curved course of the median line and by the lack at the apex of the forewings of a double soft brown line. It could be overlooked as Thisanotia chrysonuchella.