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
Scientific classification Edit this 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

The larvae feed Anchusa and Onosma species. They mine the leaves of their host plant.[2]

References edit

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