Home > Phylum selection > Arthropoda > Lepidoptera > Pyralidae > Crambus pratella
Home How to cite this site Terms & conditions Disclaimer Contact Site tutorial / Help Links	Crambus pratella Synonyms Phalaena pratella Linnaeus, 1758 Tinea pratella (Linnaeus, 1758) Crambus pratella (Linnaeus, 1758) Crambus pratellus (Linnaeus, 1758) Tinea hamella Thunberg, 1788 (partim) Crambus hamellus (Thunberg, 1788) (partim) Tinea pratorum Fabricius, 1798 Tinea dumetella Hübner, 1813 Crambus dumetellus (Hübner, 1813) Crambus dumetella (Hübner, 1813) Argyroteuchia saltalis Hübner, 1825 Crambus saltalis (Hübner, 1825) Argyroteuchia dumetalis Hübner, 1825 Crambus scoticus Humphreys et Westwood, 1845 Crambus gelatellus Real, 1988 Crambus pratellus f. boreellus Caradja, 1910 (excluded name under article 1.3.4.) Crambus pratellus f. depunctellus Strand, 1902 (excluded name under article 1.3.4.) Crambus pratellus f. plumbatellus Osthelder, 1939 (excluded name under article 1.3.4.) Crambus dumetellus plumbatellus Hannemann, 1964 (accepted the name as of subspecific rank) The name Crambus marpurgensis (Strand, 1920) does not seem to be a synonym of Crambus pratella, but of Crambus lathoniellus. Linnaeus described "pratella" in 1758, but his name was subsequently used for another species, the species with the valid name Crambus lathoniellus, while for Linnaeus´ "pratella" the name "dumetella" was used. This caused severe confusion of taxonomy. When it was discovered that the name "pratella" had been used for the wrong species, both species had to be renamed: The species originally described as "pratella", but called "dumetella" for more than 200 years finally became "pratella" again and "dumetella" became a synonym of "pratella". However, the species that had wrongly been called "pratella" had to be renamed, as well. The next available name was "nemorella" Hübner, 1813, but this name is a junior homonym of "nemorella" Linnaeus, 1758, since both have been described in the genus Tinea. Thus, the next available name had to be used, which is "lathoniellus" Zincken, 1817. Bleszynski (1965) concluded that the species Crambus scoticus Westwood, 1849 is identical to C. uliginosellus Zeller, 1850 and has therefore changed the name to the one year older C. scoticus. However, most other authors believe that C. scoticus is identical to C. pratella Linnaeus, 1758 and thus a junior synonym of the latter. Obviously, the identity of Crambus scoticus Westwood, 1849 cannot be established and the name should therefore be regarded a nomen dubium. Distribution Widely distributed in Europe and western Asia; in North America replaced by a closely related species (C. whitmerellus). In Germany recorded from all Bundesländer (however, the records from Rheinland-Pfalz and Thüringen are from before 1980). This page has been updated on February 01, 2009 This site is online since May 31, 2005 Copyright © by Nikola-Michael Prpic. All rights reserved.	Related information: Synonyms Distribution References