Lampronia luzella

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Lampronia luzella
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Prodoxidae
Genus: Lampronia
Species:
L. luzella
Binomial name
Lampronia luzella
(Hübner, 1817)
Synonyms
  • Tinea luzellaHubner, 1817

Lampronia luzella is a moth of the family Prodoxidae. It is found in Ireland, Great Britain, the Benelux, France, central Europe, Italy, Fennoscandia, the Baltic region, Russia, Poland, the Czech Republic and Romania.

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Illustration from John Curtis's British Entomology Volume 6 Britishentomologyvolume6Plate639.jpg
Illustration from John Curtis's British Entomology Volume 6

The wingspan is about 12 mm. The head is fuscous. Forewings dark purple-fuscous ; a sometimes interrupted fascia about 1/4, a subquadrate costal spot beyond middle, and a larger triangular dorsal spot before tornus yellow ; tips of apical cilia whitish. Hindwings dark fuscous. [1] Adults are on wing from May to July and fly in afternoon sunshine.

The larvae probably feed on Rubus species.

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References

  1. ↑ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain . Keys and description


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