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Crassa tinctella

species of insect

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionJan 12, 2023
Entity authorityQ13750889 ↗
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Crassa tinctella, the tinted tubic, is a moth of the family Oecophoridae. It was described by Jacob Hübner in 1796. It is found in most of Europe, except Ireland, the Iberian Peninsula and most of the Balkan Peninsula.

The wingspan is 10–12 mm. Adults are ochreous-orange in colour. Adults are on wing from May to June.

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This entry incorporates text from “Crassa tinctella” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.