| Scythris picaepennis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Scythrididae |
| Genus: | Scythris |
| Species: | S. picaepennis |
| Binomial name | |
| Scythris picaepennis (Haworth, 1828) | |
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Scythris picaepennis is a moth of the family Scythrididae first described by Adrian Hardy Haworth in 1828. It is found in Europe.
The moth has a wingspan of circa 10 mm. [2] Abdomen in female beneath with ochreous-whitish blotch extending over two or more anteapical segments. Forewings moderately long-pointed, dark bronzy-fuscous, with scattered whitish hair-scales, especially towards apex. Hindwings, dark purplish-fuscous. Larva dull grey-green, with several whitish lines; dots blackish; head brown-black [3] .
It is on the wing in July.
The larvae feed in a web on many herbs including common rock-rose ( Helianthemum nummularium ), common bird's-foot trefoil ( Lotus corniculatus ), plantains ( Plantago species), devil's-bit scabious ( Succisa pratensis ); thyme (Thymus praecox subsp praecox) and wild thyme ( Thymus polytrichus ). [4]
The genus Thymus contains about 350 species of aromatic perennial herbaceous plants and subshrubs in the family Lamiaceae. It is native to the Old World.
Thymus praecox is a species of thyme. A common name is mother of thyme, but "creeping thyme" and "wild thyme" may be used where Thymus serpyllum, which also shares these names, is not found. It is native to central, southern, and western Europe.
Dyseriocrania subpurpurella is a diurnal moth from the family Eriocraniidae, found in most of Europe. The moth was first named by the English entomologist, Adrian Hardy Haworth in 1828.
Batia lunaris, the lesser tawny crescent, is a species of gelechioid moth. It belongs to the subfamily Oecophorinae of the concealer moth family (Oecophoridae). It is the type species of the genus Batia, which is sometimes treated as monotypic. But this is not well warranted, as some other species usually placed there differ little from the Lesser Tawny Crescent.
Gillmeria pallidactyla is a moth of the family Pterophoridae first described by the English entomologist, Adrian Hardy Haworth in 1811. It has a Holarctic distribution and is widespread throughout North America and the Palearctic.
Stigmella trimaculella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in most of Europe, east to the eastern part of Palearctic realm.
Oxyptilus parvidactyla, also known as the small plume, is a moth of the family Pterophoridae found in Africa, America latina, Asia and Europe. It was first described by Adrian Hardy Haworth in 1811.
Blastodacna atra, the apple pith moth, is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is known from most of Europe and it has been introduced to North America.
Spuleria is a genus of moths of the family Elachistidae. It contains only one species Spuleria flavicaput, which is found in most of Europe and Anatolia. The larvae mine the twigs of hawthorns.
Elachista cinereopunctella is a moth of the family Elachistidae found in Europe.
Epermenia falciformis, also known as the large lance-wing, is a moth of the family Epermeniidae found in Europe. It was first described by Adrian Hardy Haworth in 1828.
Coptotriche marginea is a moth of the family Tischeriidae, found in most of Europe. It was named by the English botanist, carcinologist and entomologist, Adrian Hardy Haworth in 1828, from a specimen found in England. The larvae mine the leaves of brambles (Rubus) species.
Bryotropha affinis is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in most of Europe.
Scrobipalpa artemisiella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in most of Europe, Turkey and Syria through the Caucasus and Central Asia to Irkutsk and Mongolia. It has also been recorded from North America, but this records requires confirmation.
Eupithecia distinctaria, the thyme pug, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found throughout Europe. It is also found in Iran. from the Iberian Peninsula through western and central Europe including the British Isles as well as further east as far east as far as Russia and Iran. In the north the range reaches as far as the southern Fennoscandia, to the south, where it is more common, it occupies the Mediterranean and Asia Minor. It is found primarily on warm, stony slopes and rocky structures as well as on sparse grassy areas with thyme mounds. In the Alps, it rises to heights of 2000 metres.
Ancylis obtusana, the small buckthorn roller, is a moth of the family Tortricidae.
Scythris grandipennis is a moth of the family Scythrididae found in Europe.
Scythris fuscoaenea is a moth of the family Scythrididae found in Europe.
Scythris picaepennis is a moth of the family Scythrididae first described by the German entomologist Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1855. It is found in Europe.
Scythris siccella is a moth of the family Scythrididae first described by the German entomologist Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1839, found in Europe.
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