Antispila purplella

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Antispila purplella
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Heliozelidae
Genus: Antispila
Species:
A. purplella
Binomial name
Antispila purplella
Kuroko, 1961

Antispila purplella is a moth of the family Heliozelidae. It was described by Kuroko in 1961. It is found in Japan (Kyushu).

The wingspan is 6.5–7.5 mm. [1] Adults appear at the beginning of June. There is one generation per year.

The larvae feed on Cornus controversa and Cornus brachypoda . They mine the leaves of their host plant. Larvae are found from the end of September to the beginning of October. Pupation takes place at the end of May of the following year.

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References

  1. Kuroko, Hiroshi, 1961: The genus Antispila from Japan, with descriptions of seven new species (Lepidoptera: Heliozelidae). Esakia3: 11–24. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-11-11. Retrieved 2012-05-31.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)