Paraswammerdamia albicapitella

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Paraswammerdamia albicapitella
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Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Yponomeutidae
Genus: Paraswammerdamia
Species:
P. albicapitella
Binomial name
Paraswammerdamia albicapitella
(Scharfenberg, 1805)
Synonyms
  • Phalaena albicapitellaScharfenberg, 1805
  • Tinea spiniellaHübner, [1809]
  • Tinea caesiellaHübner, [1813] (not Hübner, 1796)

Paraswammerdamia albicapitella is a moth of the family Yponomeutidae. It is found in most of Europe, except the western part of the Balkan Peninsula, Ukraine, Lithuania and Latvia. [1] It was recently reported from Canada (British Columbia). [2]

The wingspan is 10–13 mm. Adults are greyish with a white head and thorax. Thorax white, sometimes anteriorly fuscous-sprinkled. Forewings white, irregularly irrorated with fuscous; some longitudinal series of blackish dots; antemedian dark fuscous fascia reduced to two spots, discal and dorsal; two white spots on costa posteriorly, separated by a dark fuscous spot; cilia coppery-tinged, with two dark purplish-fuscous lines. Hindwings pale fuscous. Larva reddish-brown; dorsal line broad, paler, becoming indistinct posteriorly; spiracular broad, yellowish-white; head pale yellow-ochreous. [3]

They are on wing in July. [4]

The larvae feed on Prunus spinosa . They initially mine the leaves of their host plant. [5]

References

  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. Shared but overlooked: 30 species of Holarctic Microlepidoptera revealed by DNA barcodes and morphology
  3. 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
  4. UKmoths
  5. "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2013-11-11. Retrieved 2012-04-16.