About Trachonitis cristella Hübner, 1796
Trachonitis cristella is a species of snout moth that belongs to the genus Trachonitis. It was originally described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775, though some sources credit the description to Jacob Hübner, who is cited in its formal scientific name Trachonitis cristella Hübner, 1796. This moth occurs across much of Europe, with recorded populations in Portugal, France, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia, Greece, Romania, Ukraine, and Russia. Adults have a wingspan measuring 20–26 mm. The larval stage of Trachonitis cristella feeds on plants from the genus Betula.
