Pseudatemelia josephinae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Oecophoridae |
Genus: | Pseudatemelia |
Species: | P. josephinae |
Binomial name | |
Pseudatemelia josephinae (Toll, 1956) | |
Pseudatemelia josephinae is a moth of the family Oecophoridae. It is found in Europe.
Moths comprise a group of insects related to butterflies, belonging to the order Lepidoptera. Most lepidopterans are moths, and there are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of which have yet to be described. Most species of moth are nocturnal, but there are also crepuscular and diurnal species.
Oecophoridae is a family of small moths in the superfamily Gelechioidea. The phylogeny and systematics of gelechoid moths are still not fully resolved, and the circumscription of the Oecophoridae is strongly affected by this.
The wingspan is about 20 mm. The moth flies from June to August depending on the location. [1]
The wingspan of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777-200 has a wingspan of 60.93 metres, and a wandering albatross caught in 1965 had a wingspan of 3.63 metres, the official record for a living bird. The term wingspan, more technically extent, is also used for other winged animals such as pterosaurs, bats, insects, etc., and other fixed-wing aircraft such as ornithopters. In humans, the term wingspan also refers to the arm span, which is distance between the length from one end of an individual's arms to the other when raised parallel to the ground at shoulder height at a 90º angle. Former professional basketball player Manute Bol stands at 7 ft 7 in (2.31 m) and owns one of the largest wingspans at 8 ft 6 in (2.59 m).
The larvae feed on dead and decaying leaves.
Saturnia pavonia, the small emperor moth, is a moth of the family Saturniidae. It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae. Sometimes, the incorrect genus name Pavonia is still used for this species. This moth occurs throughout the Palearctic region and is the only member of its family to be found in the British Isles, where it is usually called simply the emperor moth.
The sandy carpet or sandy rivulet is a species of moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in most of Europe and northern Africa.
Nepticulidae is a family of very small moths with a worldwide distribution. They are characterised by eyecaps over the eyes. These pigmy moths or midget moths, as they are commonly known, include the smallest of all living moths, with a wingspan that can be as little as 3 mm in the case of the European pigmy sorrel moth, but more usually 3.5–10 mm. The wings of adult moths are narrow and lanceolate, sometimes with metallic markings, and with the venation very simplified compared to most other moths.
Incurvariidae is a family of small primitive monotrysian moths in the order Lepidoptera. There are twelve genera recognised. Many species are leaf miners and much is known of their host plants, excluding Paraclemensia acerifoliella. The most familiar species in Europe are perhaps Incurvaria masculella and Phylloporia bistrigella. The narrow wings are held tightly along the body at rest and some species have very long antennae.
Nematopogon adansoniella is a moth of the family Adelidae. It is found in Europe.
Ochropacha is a monotypic moth genus in the family Drepanidae. The genus was first described by Wallengren in 1871. Its single species, Ochropacha duplaris, the common lutestring, was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1761. It is found in China (Jilin), Russia, Japan, the Korean Peninsula and from Central Asia to Europe.
Carcina quercana is a species of moth of the Depressariidae family. It is found in Europe. It has been introduced recently in North America, British Columbia and western Washington. It is occasionally known by several common names including oak lantern, long-horned flat-body, and oak-skeletonizer moth.
Bisigna procerella is a moth of the Oecophoridae family. It is found in Europe.
Pleurota bicostella is a moth of the Oecophoridae family. It is found in the Palearctic ecozone.
Pseudatemelia flavifrontella is a species of gelechioid moths.
Pseudatemelia subochreella is a species of gelechioid moths. Here, it is placed within the subfamily Amphisbatinae of the concealer moth family (Oecophoridae). The Amphisbatinae have alternatively been merged into the Oecophorinae, raised to full family rank, or placed as a subgroup of the Depressariinae.
The Amphisbatinae was a small subfamily of moths in the superfamily Gelechioidea. Like their relatives therein, their exact relationships are not yet very well resolved. The present lineage is often included in the Depressariinae as a tribe Amphisbatini, though more often within the context of a "splitting" approach to Gelechioidea systematics and taxonomy, wherein the Depressariinae are elevated to full family rank and the Amphisbatinae are treated as a subfamily therein. An even more extremely split-up layout even treats the Amphisbatinae as full family Amphisbatidae. In the scheme used here, the Amphisbatinae are included in the Oecophoridae as a subfamily alongside the Depressariinae.
Pseudatemelia is a genus of gelechioid moths.
Anchinia is a genus of gelechioid moths.
Pseudatemelia colurnella is a moth of the family Oecophoridae. It was described by Mann in 1867. It is found in France, Switzerland, Austria and Italy.
Pseudatemelia fuscifrontella is a moth of the family Oecophoridae. It was described by Constant in 1885. It is found on Corsica.
Pseudatemelia latipennella is a moth of the Oecophoridae family. It was described by Jäckh, in 1959. It is found in France, the Benelux, Germany, Denmark, Austria, Slovakia and the Czech Republic.
Pseudatemelia synchrozella is a moth of the Oecophoridae family. It was described by Jäckh in 1959. It is found in France, Germany, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Austria, Slovakia, Slovenia and Italy.
Pseudatemelia elsae is a moth of the Oecophoridae family. It was described by Svensson, 1982. It is found in Fennoscandia, Russia, the Baltic region, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria, Hungary and Italy.
Pseudatemelia langohri is a moth of the Oecophoridae family. It was described by Palm in 1990. It is found in France.
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