Neotelphusa sequax | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gelechiidae |
Genus: | Neotelphusa |
Species: | N. sequax |
Binomial name | |
Neotelphusa sequax | |
Synonyms | |
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Neotelphusa sequax (crepuscular rock-rose moth) is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in most of Europe and has also been recorded from North America.
The wingspan is 11–14 mm. Adults are on wing in July. [2]
The larvae feed on Helianthemum nummularium and Helianthemum oelandicum . They feed from a spun terminal shoot of their host plant. The spinning often has the form of a tight ball. Larvae can be found from May to early June. They are dull grey-green with a brown ochre head. The color changes to yellowish olive with a burnt ochre head and finally to yellow with a gold ochre head. Pupation takes place among detritus on the ground.
Helianthemum nummularium is a species of rock-rose (Cistaceae), native to most of Europe.
The Limacodidae or Eucleidae are a family of moths in the superfamily Zygaenoidea or the Cossoidea; the placement is in dispute. They are often called slug moths because their caterpillars bear a distinct resemblance to slugs. They are also called cup moths because of the shape of their cocoons.
Cerocala sana is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Otto Staudinger in 1901. It is found in North Africa, Iran, Iraq, Bahrain and Israel.
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Parafomoria helianthemella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in central and southern Europe, including Germany, south-eastern Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Austria, Switzerland, northern Italy, France and Bulgaria.
Coleophora bilineella is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found in southern Europe.
Coleophora eupreta is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found in France, Spain, Portugal, Italy and North Macedonia.
Coleophora ochrea is a moth of the family Coleophoridae found in Europe. It was first described by Adrian Hardy Haworth in 1828.
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Mompha miscella is a moth in the family Momphidae, found in Asia Minor, Europe and North Africa.
Adscita geryon, the cistus forester, is a moth of the family Zygaenidae. It is found in southern and central Europe, east to Turkey. It is also present in Great Britain.
Pyropteron affine is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is found in most of Europe, except Ireland, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Denmark, Fennoscandia, the Baltic region, Poland and Bulgaria. It is also found in Asia Minor, Georgia, the Middle East and North Africa.
Cleonymia yvanii is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Philogène Auguste Joseph Duponchel in 1833. It is found in Portugal, north-eastern Spain, southern France and north-eastern Italy.
Mesophleps silacella, the straw crest, is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Europe, Turkey and Algeria.
Mesophleps corsicella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Spain, Portugal, France and Italy, Greece and on Corsica, Sardinia and Sicily. Outside of Europe, it is found in Morocco and Lebanon.
Mesophleps oxycedrella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Spain, Portugal, southern France, Italy and on Sicily the Canary Islands.
Metzneria lappella, the burdock seedhead moth or burdock seed moth, is a moth of the family Gelechiidae.
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