Biology:Elatobia fuliginosella

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Short description: Species of moth

Elatobia fuliginosella
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tineidae
Genus: Elatobia
Species:
E. fuliginosella
Binomial name
Elatobia fuliginosella
(Lienig & Zeller, 1846)[1]
Synonyms
  • Tinea fuliginosella Zeller, 1846
  • Tineomima kenteella Staudinger, 1892
  • Tinea severella Christoph, 1888

Elatobia fuliginosella is a moth of the family Tineidae. It was described by Friederike Lienig and Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1846. It is found in almost all of Europe, except Ireland, Great Britain, Portugal, the Benelux, Denmark and parts of the Balkan Peninsula, eastwards up to European Russia; in North Africa known from Morocco and Tunisia, eastwards through Siberia up to Mongolia.[2]

The wingspan is 13–19 mm. Adults have been recorded on wing from June to August.[3]

The larvae feed on insect remains.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q4352570 entry