Diurnea lipsiella

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Diurnea lipsiella
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Lypusidae
Subfamily:
Chimabachinae
Genus:
Diurnea
Species:
D. lipsiella
Binomial name
Diurnea lipsiella
Synonyms
  • Tinea lipsiellaDenis & Schiffermüller, 1775
  • Tinea phryganellaHübner, 1801
  • Diurnea phryganella

Diurnea lipsiella is a moth of the subfamily Chimabachinae. It is found in Europe.

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Illustration from John Curtis's British Entomology Volume 6

The wingspan is 17–23 mm. Meyrick describes it - Male 21-25 mm. The antennae with long fasciculate ciliations. Forewings are light ochreous-brown ; sometimes a whitish sprinkling towards middle of costa and in disc beyond middle ; stigmata very obscurely darker, second discal lying on an indistinct oblique darker shade from 3/5 of costa to tornus. Hindwings grey. Female 17-19 mm. Forewings grey-whitish, irroratcd with dark grey ; stigmata and oblique marks before middle and above tornus blackish, sometimes partly connected.The larva is yellow - whitish ; liead dark brown; plate of 2 brown freckled; 3rd pair of legs placed on a shining tubercle (in male only ?). [2]

The moth flies in one generation from October to December depending on the location.

The larvae feed on various deciduous trees and shrubs, such as Rubus , apple, Prunus , Vaccinium and oak.

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References

  1. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  2. ↑ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description


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