Epermenia profugella | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Epermeniidae |
Genus: | Epermenia |
Species: | E. profugella
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Binomial name | |
Epermenia profugella | |
Synonyms | |
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Epermenia profugella, also known as the little lance-wing is a moth of the family Epermeniidae found in northern, central and eastern Europe. [2] The moth was first described by Henry Tibbats Stainton in 1856, from a specimen found in Kemsing, Kent, England. [3]
The wingspan is 8–10 mm. [4] The forewings are dull greyish bronze, tinged with fuscous and the hindwings are dark grey. [5]
Ova, are probably laid on the seeds of ground-elder ( Aegopodium podagraria), angelica ( Angelica sylvestris), wild carrot ( Daucus carota) and burnet-saxifrage ( Pimpinella saxifraga). [6] The larvae feed within the seeds, spinning two or three together during September and October. Feeding is inconspicuous, but larvae can sometimes be seen on the outside of seeds. [3] The species overwinters in the pupal stage within a flimsy cocoon on the ground. [7] [3]
Epermenia profugella | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Epermeniidae |
Genus: | Epermenia |
Species: | E. profugella
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Binomial name | |
Epermenia profugella | |
Synonyms | |
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Epermenia profugella, also known as the little lance-wing is a moth of the family Epermeniidae found in northern, central and eastern Europe. [2] The moth was first described by Henry Tibbats Stainton in 1856, from a specimen found in Kemsing, Kent, England. [3]
The wingspan is 8–10 mm. [4] The forewings are dull greyish bronze, tinged with fuscous and the hindwings are dark grey. [5]
Ova, are probably laid on the seeds of ground-elder ( Aegopodium podagraria), angelica ( Angelica sylvestris), wild carrot ( Daucus carota) and burnet-saxifrage ( Pimpinella saxifraga). [6] The larvae feed within the seeds, spinning two or three together during September and October. Feeding is inconspicuous, but larvae can sometimes be seen on the outside of seeds. [3] The species overwinters in the pupal stage within a flimsy cocoon on the ground. [7] [3]