Incurvaria oehlmanniella

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Incurvaria oehlmanniella
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Incurvariidae
Genus: Incurvaria
Species:
I. oehlmanniella
Binomial name
Incurvaria oehlmanniella
(Hübner, 1796)
Synonyms
  • Tinea oehlmanniellaHübner, 1796

Incurvaria oehlmanniella is a moth of the family Incurvariidae. It is found in Europe and across the Palearctic to eastern Siberia.

Its wingspan is 12–16 mm. Head deep ochreous yellow. Forewings dark bronzy-fuscous, mixed with purplish ; a subtriangular dorsal spot before middle, a smaller one before tornus, and a third sometimes nearly obsolete on costa at 3/4 pale yellowish. Hindwings rather dark purplish-grey. [1] It flies from April to July, depending on the location.

The larvae feed on bilberry, cloudberry, Cornus (syn. Swida) and Prunus .

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References

  1. 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