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Crassa tinctella (Hübner, 1796)

A local and rarely observed species in Belgium.

The larva lives on mosses and fungi growing on decaying wood. It hibernates.

The adults fly in May and June. They come to light.


Belgium, Antwerpen, Ranst, 05 June 2004.
(Photo © Leo Janssen)
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