Bohemannia quadrimaculella

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Bohemannia quadrimaculella
Bohemannia quadrimaculella, near Ynys, North Wales, July 2014 (20793557908).jpg
Bohemannia quadrimaculella
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Bohemannia
Species:
B. quadrimaculella
Binomial name
Bohemannia quadrimaculella
(Boheman, 1851)
Synonyms
  • Nepticula quadrimaculellaBoheman, 1853
  • Bucculatrix antispilellaMeess, 1910

Bohemannia quadrimaculella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found from Norway and Sweden, south to France and from Ireland, east to the Czech Republic and Austria. It has also been recorded from Romania.

The wingspan is 7,4-8,8 mm. 7–9 mm. The head is orange and the collar isochreous-whitish.The antennal eyecaps are ochreous-whitish. The forewings are bright shining purplish-copper with yellow-whitish costal and dorsal opposite spots beyond middle. The hindwings are dark fuscous. [1] [2] [3]

Adults are on wing from July to August in one generation.


The larvae possibly feed on alder ( Alnus glutinosa ) mining the buds or twig bark. [4]

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