Incurvaria oehlmanniella

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Incurvaria oehlmanniella
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Domain: Eukaryota
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. The head is deep ochreous yellow. The forewings are dark bronzy-fuscous, mixed with purplish with a subtriangular dorsal spot before middle, a smaller one before the tornus, and a third sometimes nearly obsolete on costa at 3/4 pale yellowish. Hindwings rather dark purplish-grey. [1] [2] [3]

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
  2. Heath, J. and Emmet, A.M. (Eds), 1976 The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland. Vol. 1: Micropterigidae to Heliozelidae
  3. lepiforum.de includes images PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .