Catastia kistrandella
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Catastia kistrandella is a species of snout moth
in the genus Catastia
. It was described by Opheim in 1963. It is found in Fennoscandia
and northern Russia
.
The wingspan
is 18-22 mm.
Pyralidae
The Pyralidae or snout moths are a family of Lepidoptera in the ditrysian superfamily Pyraloidea. In many classifications, the grass moths are included in the Pyralidae as a subfamily, making the combined group one of the largest families in the Lepidoptera...
in the genus Catastia
Catastia
Catastia is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Hübner, in 1825, and is known from Herzegovina, Austria, Italy, and Greece.-Species:* Catastia acraspedella * Catastia actualis...
. It was described by Opheim in 1963. It is found in Fennoscandia
Fennoscandia
Fennoscandia and Fenno-Scandinavia are geographic and geological terms used to describe the Scandinavian Peninsula, the Kola Peninsula, Karelia and Finland...
and northern Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
.
The wingspan
Wingspan
The wingspan of an airplane or a bird, is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777 has a wingspan of about ; and a Wandering Albatross caught in 1965 had a wingspan of , the official record for a living bird.The term wingspan, more technically extent, is...
is 18-22 mm.