Glyphipterix equitella

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Glyphipterix equitella
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Glyphipterigidae
Genus: Glyphipterix
Species:
G. equitella
Binomial name
Glyphipterix equitella
(Scopoli, 1763) [1]
Synonyms
  • Phalaena equitellaScopoli, 1763
  • Glyphipteryx crassilunellaRebel, 1916
  • Aechmia majorellavon Heinemann & Wocke, [1876]
  • Aechmia minorellaSnellen, 1882
  • Glyphipterix minorella
  • Glyphipteryx zermattensisAmsel, 1933
  • Glyphipteryx sexguttellaToll, 1936

Glyphipterix equitella is a moth of the family Glyphipterigidae. It is found from Fennoscandia to the Iberian Peninsula, Sardinia, Sicily and Crete and from Ireland to Romania.

Sprig of Sedum acre with mined leaves Glyphipterix equitella sprig of Sedum acre with mined leaves.JPG
Sprig of Sedum acre with mined leaves
Larva Glyphipterix equitella larva.JPG
Larva

The wingspan is 9–10 mm. The forewings are dark bronzy fuscous; from five to seven white streaks from posterior half of costa, first markedly broadest and most oblique, others sometimes bright leaden -metallic in disc; a curved very oblique white streak from middle of dorsum, reaching half across wing; an erect silvery-metallic mark before tornus; a silvery-metallic mark along tornal margin; a blackish apical spot; dark line of cilia indented below apex; a dark hook above apex. Hindwings are grey.The larva is pale yellow; head and plate of 2 black [2]

Adults are on wing from June to July in one generation per year. [3]

The larvae feed on Sedum acre and Sedum anglicum . They mine the leaves of their host plant. Pupation takes place outside of the mine. [4] Full-grown larvae can be found in late May. The larvae are pale yellow with a black head.

Subspecies

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References

  1. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  2. ↑ 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
  3. ↑ "microlepidoptera.nl". Archived from the original on 2014-07-01. Retrieved 2011-10-31.
  4. ↑ UKmoths


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