Eudonia lacustrata is a species of moth of the family Crambidae described by Georg Wolfgang Franz Panzer in 1804. It is found in Europe, north-west Africa, Asia from Turkey, Iran and Syria, 2012: One new species of the genus Eudonia Billberg (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Scopariinae) from China. Entomotaxonomia 34 (2): 267–269. to Siberia and the western part of China (Hunan). The subspecies E. lacustrata persica is found in Iran and Armenia.
The wingspan is . Forewings whitish, sometimes mixed with light ochreous-yellowish, sprinkled with black; base black-marked; lines whitish, blackish-edged, first irregular, second rather sinuate; orbicular and claviform dot-like, black; a black X-shaped discal mark; terminal area grey mixed with black, subterminal line white, interrupted in middle. Hindwings whitish-grey, darker terminally. Larva yellowish-green; spots brownish-green; head and plate of 2 black-brown: on mosses; 3, 4.Mark Parsons, Sean Clancy, David Wilson A Guide to the Pyralid and Crambid Moths of Britain and Ireland: Atropos, England.
The moth flies from May to August depending on the location. The larvae feed on various mosses.
References
External links Lepiforum.de Waarneming.nl Lepidoptera of Belgium Eudonia lacustrata at UKMoths