Crambus ericella is a species of moth of the family Crambidae described by Jacob Hübner in 1813.
Distribution This species can be found in most of Europe."Crambus ericella (Hübner, 1813)". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved November 30, 2017.
Description The wingspan is ."63.084 [B&F: 1298] Crambus ericella (Hübner, )". Hantsmoths. Retrieved November 30, 2017."63.084 BF1298 Crambus ericella (Hübner, )". UKMoths. Retrieved November 30, 2017. Forewings are dark brown, with well defined white longitudinal streaks and a white apical triangle. Meyrick - Forewings with apex hardly produced; golden-ochreous; a narrow white dorsal streak; a rather narrow shining white median longitudinal streak from base to 7/8, obliquely cut at 3/4 of length, apex truncate; grey dark-edged interneural streaks in disc posteriorly; second line shining white, bent, preceded by a white oblique costal mark; a small white triangular subapical spot; five black dots on lower part of termen, sometimes surrounded by whitish suffusion; cilia metallic. Hindwings grey.Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf Keys and descriptionMark Parsons, Sean Clancy, David Wilson A Guide to the Pyralid and Crambid Moths of Britain and Ireland: Atropos, England.
Biology These moths fly in a single generation from May to September depending on the location. The larvae feed on Corynephorus canescens, Festuca ovina, Sorbus and Deschampsia flexuosa.
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