Antispila metallella

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Antispila metallella
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Heliozelidae
Genus: Antispila
Species:
A. metallella
Binomial name
Antispila metallella
Synonyms
  • Tinea metallellaDenis & Schiffermuller, 1775
  • Tinea pfeifferellaHubner, 1813
  • Antispila pfeifferella

Antispila metallella is a moth of the family Heliozelidae. It is found from Scandinavia to the Pyrenees, Alps and Romania and from Great Britain to Russia.

The wingspan is 8–9 mm. Adults are bronzy metallic with paler metallic markings. They are on wing in May. [2]

Larva Antispila metallella larva.JPG
Larva

The larvae feed on Cornus alba , Cornus mas and Cornus sanguinea . They mine the leaves of their host plant. [3] Larvae can be found from July to August.

References

  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. "Antispila metallella | UKmoths". www.ukmoths.org.uk. Retrieved 2025-08-06.
  3. "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2014-07-19. Retrieved 2011-10-24.