Biology:Glyphipterix bergstraesserella

Short description: Species of moth

Glyphipterix bergstraesserella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Glyphipterigidae
Genus:	Glyphipterix
Species:	G. bergstraesserella
Binomial name
Glyphipterix bergstraesserella (Fabricius, 1781)
Synonyms
Tinea bergstraesserella Fabricius, 1781 Glyphipterix pietruskii Nowicki, 1864 Glyphipterix altioriella Bauer, 1923 Phalaena Tinea linneella Linnaeus, 1790 Tinea lineella Hübner, [1796] Tortrix lineana Hübner, [1796] Glyphipterix linneana Hübner, [1825] Glyphipterix linneella Hübner, [1825] Tortrix treitschkeana Frölich, 1828 Glyphipteryx bergstraesserella ab. arcuatella Klemensiewicz, 1907

Glyphipterix bergstraesserella is a moth of the family Glyphipterigidae. It is found in most of Europe, except Ireland, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Portugal, most of the Balkan Peninsula and Ukraine .

The wingspan is 10–15 mm. Adults are on wing from May to July and in October.

The larvae feed on Luzula luzuloides. They bore the stem of their host plant.

External links

• Lepiforum.de

Wikidata ☰ Q1232822 entry