Mecyna flavalis

Mecyna flavalis is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. It is known from most of Europe (except Ireland, Norway, Portugal, Slovenia and Ukraine)^[1] to Japan.^[2] The species was first described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775.

Mecyna flavalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Mecyna
Species:	M. flavalis
Binomial name
Mecyna flavalis (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
Synonyms
Pyralis flavalis Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775 Uresiphita flavalis Mecyna fluvalis Mutuura, 1954 Mecyna luteoflavalis Mutuura, 1954 Pyrausta flavalis var. cuencalis Caradja, 1916 Pyrausta flaviculalis Caradja, 1916 Pyrausta paludalis Rougemont, 1906

The wingspan is 25–29 mm. Adults are on wing from July to August.^[3]

The larvae feed on Galium mollugo, Artemisia campestris, Ballota, Reseda and Urtica urens.^[4]