Bacotia claustrella

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Shining smoke
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Psychidae
Genus:
Bacotia
Species:
B. claustrella
Binomial name
Bacotia claustrella
(Bruand, 1845) [1]
Synonyms
  • Psyche claustrellaBruand, 1845
  • Psyche sepiumAd. Speyer & Au. Speyer, 1846
  • Bacotia sepium
  • Solenobia tabulellaGuenée, 1846
  • Epichnopteryx sepiellaHerrich-Schäffer, 1862

Bacotia claustrella, the shining smoke, is a moth of the Psychidae family. It is found in large parts of Europe, except Ireland, Norway, Finland, the Baltic region, Ukraine, the western and southern part of the Balkan Peninsula and the Iberian Peninsula.

Moth Group of mostly-nocturnal insects in the order Lepidoptera

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Europe Continent in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere

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The wingspan is about 13–15 mm for males. Female are wingless. The forewings of the males are brown with a dark mark in the central part. The hindwings are greyish. Adults are on wing in June and July. [2]

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The larvae feed on lichens. They build a case covered with lichen and fragments of bark. [3] Larvae can be found from August to May, overwintering in the larval stage.

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References

  1. ↑ "Bacotia claustrella (Bruand, 1845)". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  2. ↑ "microlepidoptera.nl". Archived from the original on 2013-12-11. Retrieved 2013-12-06.
  3. ↑ Kimber, Ian. "Bacotia claustrella". UKmoths. Retrieved 10 March 2019.

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