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| Subfamily: | Orthoteliinae Herrich-Schaffer, 1857 |
| Genus: | Orthotelia Stephens, 1829 |
| Species: | O. sparganella |
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| Orthotelia sparganella (Thunberg, 1788) | |
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Orthotelia is a genus of moths in the subfamily Orthoteliinae.Orthotelia sparganella, a moth of the family Glyphipterigidae, is its only species.
O. sparganella is found in most of Europe, except Spain, most of the Balkan Peninsula and Ukraine. [1]
The wingspan is 20–28 millimetres (0.79–1.10 in). The forewings are whitish ochreous to reddish-ochreous, usually more or less suffused with dark purplish-fuscous, especially on a longitudinal discal streak dilated posteriorly, veins often marked with pale streaks; often several dark fuscous dots on fold, and a suffused dark spot in disc at 2/3. Hindwings ochreous-whitish to whitish-grey, lower half of termen suffused with grey. The larva is grey or whitish; head reddish-brown; 13 much flattened. [2]
Adults are on wing in July and August. [3]
The larvae can be found from May to June. They feed on Iris pseudacorus , Glyceria maxima , Scirpus lacustris , Sparganium and Typha, mining the young leaves of the host plant. [4]
