Plutella porrectella

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Plutella porrectella
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Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Plutellidae
Genus: Plutella
Species:
P. porrectella
Binomial name
Plutella porrectella
Synonyms
  • Phalaena porrectellaLinnaeus, 1758
  • Pseudoplutella porrectella
  • Plutella hesperidella(Hübner, 1796)
  • Plutella vigilaciellaClemens, 1860

Plutella porrectella is a moth of the family Plutellidae found in Europe, the Caucasus, southern Siberia and Asia Minor.

Fig. 5 larva after final moult Buckler W The larvae of the British butterflies and moths Plate CLXII.jpg
Fig. 5 larva after final moult

The wingspan is 14–17 mm. The head is ochreous-whitish, with central fuscous line. Tuft of palpi long. Forewings pale ochreous, suffusedly streaked with whitish; costa and dorsum blackish - dotted; a whitish subdorsal longitudinal line, thrice sinuate upwards, margined above with an ocbreous-brownish suffusion and some blackish scales, darkest in the depressions discal stigmata usually indicated by dark fuscous dashes termen ochreous-brown, spotted with black. Hindwings are light grey. The larva is light green; dorsal line darker; dots black; head brownish - marked. [1]

Adults are on wing in May and again from July to August.

The larvae feed on Brassicaceae species, including Hesperis matronalis . They distort or connect the leaves of their host plants with small amounts of silk.

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References

  1. 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