Orthotelia
| Orthotelia | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Glyphipterigidae |
| Subfamily: | Orthoteliinae |
| Genus: | Orthotelia Stephens, 1829 |
| Species: | O. sparganella |
| Binomial name | |
| Orthotelia sparganella (Thunberg, 1788) | |
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Orthotelia is a genus of moths in the subfamily Orthoteliinae. Orthotelia sparganella, a moth of the family Glyphipterigidae, is its only species.
Orthotelia sparganella is found in most of Europe, except Spain, most of the Balkan Peninsula and Ukraine.[1] The wingspan is 20–28 millimetres (0.79–1.10 in). The forewings are whitish ochreous to reddish-ochreous, usually more or less suffused with dark purplish-fuscous, especially on a longitudinal discal streak dilated posteriorly, veins often marked with pale streaks; often several dark fuscous dots on fold, and a suffused dark spot in disc at 2/3. Hindwings ochreous-whitish to whitish-grey, lower half of termen suffused with grey. The larva is grey or whitish; head reddish-brown; 13 much flattened.[2]
Adults are on wing in July and August.[3]
The larvae can be found from May to June. They feed on Iris pseudacorus, Glyceria maxima, Scirpus lacustris, Sparganium and Typha, mining the young leaves of the host plant.[4]
References
- ↑ Fauna Europaea
- ↑ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description - ↑ UKmoths
- ↑ "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2013-04-06. Retrieved 2012-04-11.