Cynaeda gigantea

Cynaeda gigantea
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Cynaeda
Species:
C. gigantea
Binomial name
Cynaeda gigantea
(Wocke, 1871)
Synonyms
  • Odontia gigantea Wocke, 1871
  • Cynaeda gigantea hilariella Schawerda, 1921
  • Cynaeda gigantea mendicalis Lattin, 1951

Cynaeda gigantea is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. It is found in France, Switzerland, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Romania, the Republic of Macedonia, Greece and Turkey.

The larvae feed Anchusa and Onosma species. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

  1. ^ Fauna Europaea
  2. ^ "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-03-20.