Biology:Symmoca signatella

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Short description: Species of moth

Symmoca signatella
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Autostichidae
Genus: Symmoca
Species:
S. signatella
Binomial name
Symmoca signatella
Herrich-Schäffer, 1854[1]
Synonyms
  • Symmoca rosmarinella Walsingham, 1901
  • Symmoca melitensis Amsel, 1954[2]

Symmoca signatella is a moth of the family Autostichidae. It is known from most of western Europe, but also Lithuania, Croatia, Greece and southern Russia . It has also been recorded from California in North America.

The wingspan is 12–15 mm. Adults are on wing in late summer and autumn.[3]

The larvae feed on dried vegetable matter.[4] They have been recorded feeding on dry leaves and plant debris on the stem and branches of Rosmarinus officinalis. The accumulation of debris was connected by light webbing.[5]

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q7443421 entry