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Hawthorn Moth

Scythropia crataegella

Classification

Class
Insecta

Scythropia crataegella, the hawthorn moth, is a species of moth in the monotypic genus Scythropia. It is found in western Eurasia. Taxonomy Described as Phalaena crataegella by Linnaeus in 1767, it was made the type species of Scythropia by Jacob Hübner in the 1820s.

Distribution

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United Kingdom · 678Netherlands · 409Germany · 337France · 60Belgium · 35Switzerland · 21Luxembourg · 9Spain · 6Italy · 2