Pediasia truncatellus
Species of moth
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Pediasia truncatellus is a species of moth in the family Crambidae described by Johan Wilhelm Zetterstedt in 1839. It is found in Fennoscandia, northern Russia, the Baltic region, the Czech Republic[2] and Canada.[3]
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Pediasia |
| Species: | P. truncatellus |
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| Pediasia truncatellus (Zetterstedt, 1839)[1] | |
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The wingspan is 25–30 mm.[4][5] Adults are on wing in June and July in northern Europe and in June North America.
The larvae possibly feed on Sphagnum species.