Species Details
Catoptria latiradiella
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum Read more about this collection »
SeasonalityJuly and August.
IdentificationA medium sized crambid (19-24 mm wingspan). Forewings chocolate brown with a silvery white discal stripe that is crossed by two diagonal dark brown lines; terminal line with a row of black dots. Crambus myellus Hbn. was formerly thought to be a synonym. Easily distinguished as there is nothing else like it in Alberta.
Scientific Name
Catoptria latiradiella
Habitat
Grassland areas.
Seasonality
July and August.
Identification
A medium sized crambid (19-24 mm wingspan). Forewings chocolate brown with a silvery white discal stripe that is crossed by two diagonal dark brown lines; terminal line with a row of black dots. Crambus myellus Hbn.…
A medium sized crambid (19-24 mm wingspan). Forewings chocolate brown with a silvery white discal stripe that is crossed by two diagonal dark brown lines; terminal line with a row of black dots. Crambus myellus Hbn. was formerly thought to be a synonym. Easily distinguished as there is nothing else like it in Alberta.
Life History
Diurnal and comes to light. Forbes (1923) states "caterpillar under moss; brown, with black head and cervical shield".
Conservation
Uncommon, but of no concern.
Diet Info
No local information. The larvae of the closely related European species Catoptria permutatella feed on mosses (Bleszynski 1965).
Range
A North American species said by Forbes (1923) to occur from Labrador to Pennsylvania and west to British Columbia. Reported from British Columbia by Dyar (1904) and Michigan (Scholtens 1996). In Alberta, reported…
A North American species said by Forbes (1923) to occur from Labrador to Pennsylvania and west to British Columbia. Reported from British Columbia by Dyar (1904) and Michigan (Scholtens 1996). In Alberta, reported from the Edmonton and Nordegg areas (Bowman 1951) and from the Canadian Shield (Macaulay & Pohl 2002).
Citation
Page Citation for Catoptria latiradiella
Page Citation
"Species Details - Catoptria latiradiella, University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum." University of Alberta Museums Search Site, https://search.museums.ualberta.ca/g/2-2904. Accessed 17 May. 2025.
References
Author
Bowman, K.
Title
An annotated list of the Lepidoptera of Alberta.
Publication Date
1951
Series Title
Canadian Journal of Zoology
Volume
29
Pages
121-165
Author
Forbes, W.T.M.
Title
Lepidoptera of New York and Neighboring States. Primitive Forms, Microlepidoptera, Pyraloids, Bombyces.
Publication Date
1923
Series Title
Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station. Memoir
Volume
68
Pages
1-729
Author
Bleszynski, S.
Title
Microlepidoptera Palaearctica. I: Crambinae.
Publication Date
1965
Pages
553 pp.
Author
Scholtens, B.
Title
Moths of the Douglas Lake Region (Emmet and Cheboygan Counties), Michigan: V. Crambidae and Pyralidae (Lepidoptera).
Publication Date
1996
Series Title
The Great Lakes Entomologist
Volume
29
Pages
141-160
Author
Macaulay, D. and Pohl, G.
Title
Survey of Lepidoptera in the Canadian shield ecoregion of northeastern Alberta.
Publication Date
2002
Pages
61 pp
Author
Dyar, H.G.
Title
The Lepidoptera of the Kootenai District of British Columbia.
Publication Date
1904
Series Title
Proceedings of the United States National Museum
Volume
27
Pages
779-938
Specimen Information
There are 44 specimens of this Species.
UASM39151 - Catoptria latiradiella
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Nordegg
Collected ByBowman, K.
Date Collected1922-07-18
UASM39152 - Catoptria latiradiella
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Nordegg
Collected ByBowman, K.
Date Collected1922-07-18
UASM39153 - Catoptria latiradiella
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Nordegg
Collected ByBowman, K.
Date Collected1922-07-18
UASM39154 - Catoptria latiradiella
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Nordegg
Collected ByBowman, K.
Date Collected1922-07-18
UASM39155 - Catoptria latiradiella
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Nordegg
Collected ByBowman, K.
Date Collected1922-07-18
UASM39156 - Catoptria latiradiella
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Nordegg
Collected ByBowman, K.
Date Collected1922-07-18
UASM39157 - Catoptria latiradiella
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Nordegg
Collected ByBowman, K.
Date Collected1922-07-18
UASM39158 - Catoptria latiradiella
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Nordegg
Collected ByBowman, K.
Date Collected1922-07-18
UASM39159 - Catoptria latiradiella
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Nordegg
Collected ByBowman, K.
Date Collected1923-07-27
UASM39160 - Catoptria latiradiella
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Nordegg
Collected ByBowman, K.
Date Collected1938-07-24
UASM39161 - Catoptria latiradiella
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Nordegg
Collected ByBowman, K.
Date Collected1938-07-25
BIRD109 - Catoptria latiradiella
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Winfield
Collected ByBird, C. D.
Date Collected2000-07-22
BIRD110 - Catoptria latiradiella
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Dry Island Buffalo Jump Provincial Park
Collected ByBird, C. D.
Date Collected2002-06-27
BIRD111 - Catoptria latiradiella
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Dry Island Buffalo Jump Provincial Park
Collected ByBird, C. D.
Date Collected2002-06-27
BIRD112 - Catoptria latiradiella
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, James River
Collected ByBird, C. D.
Date Collected2002-07-28
BIRD113 - Catoptria latiradiella
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Trochu
Collected ByBird, C. D.
Date Collected2002-08-09
BIRD114 - Catoptria latiradiella
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Trochu
Collected ByBird, C. D.
Date Collected2002-08-09
UASM42543 - Catoptria latiradiella
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Wagner Natural Area
Collected ByRobinson, E.
Date Collected2000-07-15
UASM42544 - Catoptria latiradiella
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Nordegg
Collected ByBowman, K.
Date Collected1922-07-18
UASM42545 - Catoptria latiradiella
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Nordegg
Collected ByBowman, K.
Date Collected1922-07-18
UASM42546 - Catoptria latiradiella
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Nordegg
Collected ByBowman, K.
Date Collected1922-07-18