| Eidophasia messingiella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Plutellidae |
| Genus: | Eidophasia |
| Species: | E. messingiella |
| Binomial name | |
| Eidophasia messingiella (Fischer von Röslerstamm, 1840) | |
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Eidophasia messingiella is a moth of the family Plutellidae. It is found in most of Europe (except Ireland, the Iberian Peninsula, Slovenia and Ukraine). [1]
The wingspan is 14–16 mm. Adults are on wing from June to July in one generation per year. [2]
The larvae feed on Cardaria draba , Cardamine amara and Lunaria rediviva . [3]