Cedestis subfasciella

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Cedestis subfasciella
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Yponomeutidae
Genus: Cedestis
Species:
C. subfasciella
Binomial name
Cedestis subfasciella
(Stephens, 1834) [1]
Synonyms
  • Telea subfasciellaStephens, 1834 [1]
  • Argyresthia farinatellaZeller, 1839 [1]
  • Cedestis farinatella [1]
  • Dyscedestis farinatella

Cedestis subfasciella is a moth of the family Yponomeutidae. It is found in almost all of Europe, except part of the Balkan Peninsula. [2]

The wingspan is 9–11 mm. The forewings are brown slightly reddish-tinged, towards base and apex whitish-sprinkled; a somewhat curved white fascia before middle, preceded by a darker fascia ; indistinct whitish tornal and opposite costal spots; 5 and 10 absent. Hindwings are grey. The larva is pale brown, greener dorsally ; head and plate of 2 black [3]

Adults are on wing from March [1] or April [4] to September [1] or October. [4]

The larvae feed on Abies alba , [1] Pinus mugo , [1] Pinus nigra and Pinus sylvestris . [1] They mine the needles of their host plant. Pupation takes place outside of the mine [5] in a cocoon on the ground. [6] Larvae can be found from December to March or April.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Gershenson, Zlata S.; Ulenberg, Sandrine A. (1998). The Yponomeutinae (Lepidoptera) of the world exclusive of the Americas. University of Amsterdam. p. 62. ISBN   0444858199.
  2. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  3. ↑ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain . Keys and description
  4. 1 2 "microlepidoptera.nl". Archived from the original on 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2012-04-11.
  5. ↑ "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2014-07-20. Retrieved 2012-04-11.
  6. ↑ Lepidoptera of Belgium


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