Nemophora fasciella

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Nemophora fasciella
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Adelidae
Genus: Nemophora
Species:
N. fasciella
Binomial name
Nemophora fasciella
(Fabricius, 1775) [1]
Synonyms
  • Alucita fasciellaFabricius, 1775
  • Nemotois annaeZeller, 1853
  • Tinea schiffermillerella[Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775
  • Nemotois purpureusStainton, 1867 [2]
  • Nemophora purpureus

Nemophora fasciella is a moth of the Adelidae family. It is found in most of Europe, except Ireland, Fennoscandia, most of the Baltic region, Croatia, Slovenia, Switzerland and Portugal.

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Leaf of Ballota nigra eaten by three larvae
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Larva

The wingspan is 13–16 millimetres (0.51–0.63 in). They are on wing in July. [3]

The larvae feed on Ballota nigra .

References

  1. ↑ "Nemophora fasciella (Fabricius, 1775)". 2.5. Fauna Europaea. July 23, 2012. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved March 26, 2013.
  2. ↑ Mikhail V. Kozlov. "Annotated checklist of the European species of Nemophora (Adelidae)" (PDF). University of Turku. pp. 115–126. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-23.
  3. ↑ "Nemophora fasciella". UKMoths. Retrieved October 31, 2011.


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