Hypatima rhomboidella

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Hypatima rhomboidella
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Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Hypatima
Species:
H. rhomboidella
Binomial name
Hypatima rhomboidella
Synonyms
  • Phalaena rhomboidellaLinnaeus, 1758
  • Chelaria hübnerellaDonovan, 1804
  • Tinea conscriptellaHübner, [1805]
  • Chelaria conscriptaHaworth, 1828

The lobster-clawed moth (Hypatima rhomboidella) is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in most of Europe, except for the Iberian Peninsula and most of the Balkan Peninsula. In the east, the range extends to Siberia and Taiwan. [1]

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Illustration from John Curtis's British Entomology Volume 6

The wingspan is about 18 mm. The forewings are whitish-grey, sometimes sprinkled with dark grey, margins sometimes ochreous-tinged; usually a dark fuscous suffusion near dorsum towards base; costa marked with small blackish spots except towards base; a triangular blackish partly brown-edged costal blotch before middle; a dark grey tornal spot; a black dash on termen below apex. Hindwings are light grey. The larva is pinkish-brown; head and plate of 2 black. [2] The wingspan is about 18 mm. The forewings are whitish-grey, sometimes sprinkled with dark grey, margins sometimes ochreous-tinged; usually a dark fuscous suffusion near dorsum towards base; costa marked with small blackish spots except towards base; a triangular blackish partly brown-edged costal blotch before middle; a dark grey tornal spot; a black dash on termen below apex. Hindwings are light grey. The larva is pinkish-brown; head and plate of 2 black. [3] [4] [5] [6]

Adults are on wing from late July and September.

The larvae feed on Betula and Corylus avellana .

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References

  1. ↑ Hypatima at funet
  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. ↑ 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. ↑ Heath, J.,ed. 1976 The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland Vol. 4 Part 2
  5. ↑ Langmaid, J. R., Palmer, S. M. & Young, M. R. [eds]. 2018 A Field Guide to the Smaller Moths of Great Britain and Ireland [3rd ed.]Reading, Berkshire. British Entomological and Natural History Society
  6. ↑ lepiforum.de includes images PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .


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