Biology:Glyphipterix schoenicolella
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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. schoenicolella
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| Glyphipterix schoenicolella Boyd, 1859
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Glyphipterix schoenicolella is a species of moth of the family Glyphipterigidae. It is found in the Netherlands, Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark , Estonia, France , Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Norway , Austria, Portugal, Russia , Slovakia, Spain , the Czech Republic, the United Kingdom and Sweden.
The wingspan is 6–9 mm.The forewings are narrower than in G. equitella, dark bronzy -fuscous ; five equally narrow white streaks from posterior half of costa ; a slightly curved slender very oblique white streak from middle of dorsum, sometimes partially or wholly obsolete ; an erect silvery metallic mark before tornus, meeting second costal streak ; a silvery-metallic mark along tornal margin ; a blackish apical spot ; dark line of cilia indented below apex ; a dark hook above apex. Hindwings are dark grey.The larva is whitish - green ; dorsal vessel dark grey ; head and plate of 2 blackish.[1]
Adults are on wing from June to August in one generation.
The larvae feed on Schoenus nigricans. It has also been reported from Cyperus longus.
References
- ↑ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf
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External links
Wikidata ☰ Q2433508 entry
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