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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gelechiidae |
Genus: | Anacampsis |
Species: | A. temerella
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Anacampsis temerella | |
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Anacampsis temerella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae, found in most of Europe, except Belgium, Switzerland, the Iberian Peninsula and the Balkan Peninsula.
The wingspan is 11–14 mm. [2] The forewings are blackish, slightly violet-tinged; stigmata deep black, very indistinct, first discal beyond plical; a broad suffused black fascia at 2/3. Hindwings 1 rather dark grey. The larva is whitish; dots black; head and plate of 2 black. [3] Adults are on wing in July and August. [4]
The larvae feed on Salix species, including tea-leaved willow ( Salix phylicifolia), great sallow ( Salix caprea), downy willow ( Salix lapponum) and creeping willow ( Salix repens). They feed in a spinning in the terminal shoots of their host plant.
Anacampsis temerella | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gelechiidae |
Genus: | Anacampsis |
Species: | A. temerella
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Binomial name | |
Anacampsis temerella | |
Synonyms | |
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Anacampsis temerella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae, found in most of Europe, except Belgium, Switzerland, the Iberian Peninsula and the Balkan Peninsula.
The wingspan is 11–14 mm. [2] The forewings are blackish, slightly violet-tinged; stigmata deep black, very indistinct, first discal beyond plical; a broad suffused black fascia at 2/3. Hindwings 1 rather dark grey. The larva is whitish; dots black; head and plate of 2 black. [3] Adults are on wing in July and August. [4]
The larvae feed on Salix species, including tea-leaved willow ( Salix phylicifolia), great sallow ( Salix caprea), downy willow ( Salix lapponum) and creeping willow ( Salix repens). They feed in a spinning in the terminal shoots of their host plant.