Acompsia schmidtiellus

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Acompsia schmidtiellus
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Hexton, Hertfordshire, England
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Acompsia
Species:
A. schmidtiellus
Binomial name
Acompsia schmidtiellus
(Heyden, 1848)
Synonyms
  • Ypsolophus schmidtiellusHeyden, 1848
  • Ypsolophus durdhamellusStainton, 1849
  • Hypsolopha quadrinellaHerrich-Schäffer, 1854

Acompsia schmidtiellus is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in central, eastern and southern Europe, from Denmark to southern Spain and Portugal. In the east, the range extends to Ukraine. [1]

The wingspan is 14–16 mm for males and 15–17 mm for females. The forewings are light orange-brown, mottled with some black scales. Females have more plain orange-brown forewings. The hindwings are grey. Adults are on wing from June to late August.

The larvae feed on Origanum vulgare , Mentha arvensis , Mentha silvestris , Mentha rotundifolia , Calamintha nepeta and Clinopodium vulgare . They fold a leaf of their host plant and spin it together. The larvae are yellow white with a shining dark brown head. Pupation takes place in a folded leaf or between dry leaves on the ground. [2]

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References

  1. Fauna Europaea [ dead link ]
  2. "A review of the genus Acompsia Huebner, 1825, with description of new species (Gelechiidae)". Nota Lepidopterologica. 25: 109–151. 2002.