Biology:Incurvaria oehlmanniella
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Short description: Species of moth
Incurvaria oehlmanniella | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Incurvariidae |
Genus: | Incurvaria |
Species: | I. oehlmanniella
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Binomial name | |
Incurvaria oehlmanniella (Hübner, 1796)
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Incurvaria oehlmanniella is a moth of the family Incurvariidae. It is found in Europe and across the Palearctic to eastern Siberia.
Its wingspan is 12–16 mm. Head deep ochreous yellow. Forewings dark bronzy-fuscous, mixed with purplish ; a subtriangular dorsal spot before middle, a smaller one before tornus, and a third sometimes nearly obsolete on costa at 3/4 pale yellowish. Hindwings rather dark purplish-grey.[1] It flies from April to July, depending on the location.
The larvae feed on bilberry, cloudberry, Cornus (syn. Swida) and Prunus.
References
- ↑ 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
External links
- Incurvaria oehlmanniella at UKmoths
- Lepidoptera of Belgium
- Lepiforum.de
- bladmineerders.nl (in Dutch)
Wikidata ☰ Q1354685 entry
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