Biology:Pseudopostega auritella
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Short description: Species of moth
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Opostegidae |
| Genus: | Pseudopostega |
| Species: | P. auritella
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| Binomial name | |
| Pseudopostega auritella (Hübner, 1813)
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Pseudopostega auritella is a moth of the family Opostegidae. It is known from most of Europe, from Great Britain and France , east to Ukraine and Russia and from Sweden and Finland , south to Switzerland and Romania.[1] It is also found in the eastern part of the Palearctic realm.
The wingspan is 9–12 mm. Adults are on wing from June to July.[2]
The larvae are known to feed on Lycopus europaeus. They mine the stems of their host plant. The mine has the form of a long (about 20 cm), inconspicuous gallery.
References
Wikidata ☰ Q7255344 entry
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