Incurvaria alniella | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Incurvariidae |
Genus: | Incurvaria |
Species: | I. alniella |
Binomial name | |
Incurvaria alniella (Issiki, 1957) | |
Synonyms | |
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Incurvaria alniella is a moth of the family Incurvariidae. It is found in Japan on the islands of Honshu and Kyushu. [1]
The wingspan is 16-19.5 mm for males and 14–20 mm for females.
The larvae feed on Alnus japonica . They create an elliptical case consisting of two pieces of the same size. Pupation takes place within this case in spring.
Incurvariidae is a family of small primitive monotrysian moths in the order Lepidoptera. There are twelve genera recognised. Many species are leaf miners and much is known of their host plants, excluding Paraclemensia acerifoliella. The most familiar species in Europe are perhaps Incurvaria masculella and Phylloporia bistrigella. The narrow wings are held tightly along the body at rest and some species have very long antennae.
Incurvaria koerneriella is a moth of the family Incurvariidae. It is found in Europe.
Incurvaria oehlmanniella is a moth of the family Incurvariidae. It is found in Europe.
Phylloporia bistrigella is a moth of the family Incurvariidae. It is found in western, northern and central Europe and north-eastern North America.
Incurvaria evocata is a moth of the family Incurvariidae. It is known from India.
Paraclemensia acerifoliella, the maple leafcutter moth, is a moth of the family Incurvariidae. It is found from south-eastern Canada and the north-eastern United States, south to the tip of the Appalachian Mountains in western North Carolina and possibly north-western Georgia.
Greya marginimaculata is a moth of the family Prodoxidae. It is found in Japan on the main island of Honshu and possibly the Russian Far East.
Procacitas is a genus of moths of the family Incurvariidae. It contains only one species, Procacitas orientella, which is found in Japan, Russia and North Korea.
Incurvaria vetulella is a moth of the family Incurvariidae. It is found in Fennoscandia, Russia, Germany, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria, Switzerland, Slovenia, Romania and Bulgaria. In the east, the range extends to Japan.
Vespina nielseni is a moth of the family Incurvariidae. It is found in Japan and the Russian Far East.
Alloclemensia unifasciata is a moth of the family Incurvariidae. It is found in Japan on the islands of Hokkaido, Honshu and Kyushu.
Alloclemensia maculata is a moth of the family Incurvariidae. It is found in Japan on the islands of Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu.
Paraclemensia caerulea is a moth of the family Incurvariidae. It is found on the islands of Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu in Japan.
Paraclemensia viridis is a moth of the family Incurvariidae. It is found in Japan (Kyushu).
Paraclemensia oligospina is a moth of the family Incurvariidae. It is found in Japan.
Paraclemensia cyanea is a moth of the family Incurvariidae. It is found on the main island (Honshu) of Japan.
Paraclemensia monospina is a moth of the family Incurvariidae. It is found on Hokkaido island in Japan.
Paraclemensia incerta is a moth of the family Incurvariidae. It is found in Japan and Russia.
Incurvaria takeuchii is a moth of the family Incurvariidae. It is found on the main island (Honshu) of Japan.
Vespina quercivora is a moth of the family Incurvariidae. It is found in California.
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