Acompsia cinerella

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Ash-coloured sober
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Acompsia
Species:
A. cinerella
Binomial name
Acompsia cinerella
(Clerck, 1759) [1]
Synonyms
  • Phalaena cinerellaClerck, 1759
  • Phalaena murinellaScopoli, 1763
  • Tinea ardeliellaHübner, 1817
  • Recurvaria cinereaHaworth, 1828
  • Lita spodiellaTreitschke, 1833

Acompsia cinerella, the ash-coloured sober, is a small lepidopteran species of the twirler moth family (Gelechiidae). It is the type species of the genus Acompsia , once assigned to the subfamily Anacampsinae but generally placed in the Dichomeridinae. The species was first described by Carl Alexander Clerck in 1759.

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Specimen from North Wales Acompsia cinerella, Dyffryn, North Wales, July 2016 (28214318814).jpg
Specimen from North Wales

Distribution

This species can be found in most of Europe, except for Portugal and Iceland. [1]

Habitat

These moths inhabit a variety of areas, preferably with rich vegetation or bushes. [2]

Description

Acompsia cinerella has a wingspan of 16–19 mm. These moths have long upwardly-curved labial palps. The forewings show a brownish colour, without any marking. [3] This species is rather similar to Helcystogramma rufescens . [4] Meyrick describes it - Forewings rather light greyish-brown; stigmata sometimes faintly darker. Hindwings grey. [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]

Biology

There are two generations per year, as it is a bivoltine species. Adults are on wing from May to September. The larvae feed on moss present on trunks of broad leaves trees, often at the base of the tree. [3] [11] [12]

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References

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  2. ↑ Nature Spot
  3. 1 2 Kimber, Ian. "35.026 BF855 Acompsia cinerella (Clerck, 1759)". UKMoths. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
  4. ↑ "35.026 [B&F: 0855]Acompsia cinerella (Clerck, 1759)". Hantsmoths. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
  5. ↑ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain . Keys and description
  6. ↑ Heath, J., ed. 1976 The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland Vol. 4 Part 2
  7. ↑ Langmaid, J. R., Palmer, S. M. & Young, M. R. [eds]. 2018 A Field Guide to the Smaller Moths of Great Britain and Ireland [3rd ed.]Reading, Berkshire. British Entomological and Natural History Society
  8. ↑ lepiforum.de includes images PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
  9. ↑ Sterling, P. and Parsons, M. 2012 Field Guide to the Micro Moths of Great Britain and Ireland Dorset British Wildlife Publishing, 2012 ISBN 10: 0956490212 / ISBN 13: 9780956490216 - 2nd edition (Bloomsbury Wildlife Guides)
  10. ↑ Piskunov, V.I., 2023 Gelechiidae ; in G.S. Medvedev (ed.): Keys to the insects of the europaean part of the USSR, Vol.IV: Lepidoptera, part 2 (english translation), Oxonian Press Pvt.Ltd., New Dehli, 1987
  11. ↑ "LOT Moths and Butterflies". Archived from the original on 2017-09-14. Retrieved 2017-09-14.
  12. ↑ Keys to the Insects of the European Part of the USSR.: Lepidoptera. Part II


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