Cynaeda gigantea
Species of moth
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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.[1]
| Cynaeda gigantea | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Cynaeda |
| Species: | C. gigantea |
| Binomial name | |
| Cynaeda gigantea (Wocke, 1871) | |
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The larvae feed Anchusa and Onosma species. They mine the leaves of their host plant.[2]
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