Antispilina

Antispilina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Heliozelidae
Genus: Antispilina
Hering, 1941
Species:
A. ludwigi
Binomial name
Antispilina ludwigi
M. Hering, 1941

Antispilina ludwigi is a moth of the Heliozelidae family. It is found in Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic.[1] It is the only species in the genus Antispilina.[2]

The larvae feed on Persicaria bistorta. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine starts as a full depth blotch, which develops in all directions. There are mostly several of these blotches in a single leaf. The frass is granular and blackish green in colour. It is deposited in the middle of the mine.[3] Larvae can be found in July.

References

  1. โ†‘ Fauna Europaea
  2. โ†‘ "Antispilina Hering, 1941". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 19 March 2026.
  3. โ†‘ "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2012-03-29.