Biology:Glyphipterix forsterella
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Glyphipterigidae |
| Genus: | Glyphipterix |
| Species: | G. forsterella
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| Glyphipterix forsterella (Fabricius, 1781)
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Glyphipterix forsterella is a moth of the family Glyphipterigidae. It is found from most of Europe (except most of the Balkan Peninsula, Portugal and Ukraine ),[1] east to Japan .
The wingspan is 11–15 mm (0.43–0.59 in).[2] The forewings are rather broad, dark bronzy - fuscous ; five white streaks from posterior half of costa, second becoming silvery-metallic and reaching beyond middle ; a broader slightly curved oblique white mark from middle of dorsum, reaching half across wing a short white mark before tornus ; two or three silvery-metallic dots about tornus; a black apical spot enclosing a silvery- metallic dot ; dark line of cilia indented below apex ; a dark hook above apex. Hindwings are grey.[3]
Adults are on wing from May to June and feed on the flowers of the larval host plant.[4] There is one generation per year.
The larvae feed on the seeds of Carex species, including Carex vulpina[5] and Carex remota.[6] The species overwinters in the larval stage within the spikes of the host plant.[7]
Subspecies
- Glyphipterix forsterella forsterella
- Glyphipterix forsterella albimaculella von Heinemann, 1876 (Central Europe)
- Glyphipterix forsterella nivicaput Diakonoff, 1979 (Japan: Honshu)
References
- ↑ Fauna Europaea
- ↑ "microlepidoptera.nl". http://www.microlepidoptera.nl/soorten/species.php?speciescode=190030&p=1.
- ↑ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description
- ↑ UKmoths
- ↑ Glyphipterix at funet
- ↑ lepiforum.de
- ↑ Lepidoptera of Belgium
Wikidata ☰ Q5573204 entry
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