Lampronia pubicornis

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Lampronia pubicornis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Prodoxidae
Genus: Lampronia
Species:
L. pubicornis
Binomial name
Lampronia pubicornis
(Haworth, 1828)
Synonyms
  • Capillaria pubicornisHaworth, 1828
  • ?Lampronia flavifrontella(Denis & Schiffermüller) [1]

Lampronia pubicornis is a moth of the family Prodoxidae. It is found in Ireland, Great Britain, France, Spain, Germany, Austria, Hungary and on Sicily, in addition to Venice and occasionally mainland Italy. [2]

The wingspan is 12–14 mm. [3] Head pale yellowish. Forewings relatively broader and with termen less oblique than in Lampronia tenuicornis , shining fuscous. Hindwings with hair-scales, grey. [4]

The larvae feed on within the young shoots of Rosa pimpinellifolia .

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References

  1. TOLweb
  2. Fauna Europaea
  3. Hants Moths
  4. 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