Biology:Nothris lemniscellus

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Short description: Species of moth

Nothris lemniscellus
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Nothris
Species:
N. lemniscellus
Binomial name
Nothris lemniscellus
(Zeller, [1839])[1]
Synonyms
  • Ypsolophus lemniscellus Zeller, [1839]
  • Nothris lemniscella

Nothris lemniscellus is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1839. It is found from Fennoscandia to the Pyrenees, Italy and Albania, and from France to Ukraine .

The wingspan is 18–22 mm. Adults have been recorded on wing from mid-July to August.[2]

The larvae feed on Globularia cordifolia and Globularia punctata. They mine the leaves of their host plant. Larvae have been recorded in May, but also in November.[3]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q13903095 entry