| Epermenia profugella | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Epermeniidae |
| Genus: | Epermenia |
| Species: | E. profugella |
| Binomial name | |
| Epermenia profugella | |
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Epermenia profugella, also known as the little lance-wing is a moth of the family Epermeniidae found in northern, central and eastern Europe. [2] The moth was first described by Henry Tibbats Stainton in 1856, from a specimen found in Kemsing, Kent, England. [3]
The wingspan is 8–10 mm. [4] The forewings are dull greyish bronze, tinged with fuscous and the hindwings are dark grey. [5]
Ova, are probably laid on the seeds of ground-elder ( Aegopodium podagraria ), angelica ( Angelica sylvestris ), wild carrot ( Daucus carota ) and burnet-saxifrage ( Pimpinella saxifraga ). [6] The larvae feed within the seeds, spinning two or three together during September and October. Feeding is inconspicuous, but larvae can sometimes be seen on the outside of seeds. [3] The species overwinters in the pupal stage within a flimsy cocoon on the ground. [7] [3]
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