Glyphipterix forsterella | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Glyphipterigidae |
Genus: | Glyphipterix |
Species: | G. forsterella
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Binomial name | |
Glyphipterix forsterella (
Fabricius, 1781)
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Synonyms | |
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Glyphipterix forsterella is a moth of the family Glyphipterigidae. It is found from most of Europe (except most of the Balkan Peninsula, Portugal and Ukraine), [1] east to Japan.
The wingspan is 11–15 mm (0.43–0.59 in). [2] The forewings are rather broad, dark bronzy - fuscous ; five white streaks from posterior half of costa, second becoming silvery-metallic and reaching beyond middle ; a broader slightly curved oblique white mark from middle of dorsum, reaching half across wing a short white mark before tornus ; two or three silvery-metallic dots about tornus; a black apical spot enclosing a silvery- metallic dot ; dark line of cilia indented below apex ; a dark hook above apex. Hindwings are grey. [3]
Adults are on wing from May to June and feed on the flowers of the larval host plant. [4] There is one generation per year.
The larvae feed on the seeds of Carex species, including Carex vulpina [5] and Carex remota. [6] The species overwinters in the larval stage within the spikes of the host plant. [7]
Glyphipterix forsterella | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Glyphipterigidae |
Genus: | Glyphipterix |
Species: | G. forsterella
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Binomial name | |
Glyphipterix forsterella (
Fabricius, 1781)
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Synonyms | |
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Glyphipterix forsterella is a moth of the family Glyphipterigidae. It is found from most of Europe (except most of the Balkan Peninsula, Portugal and Ukraine), [1] east to Japan.
The wingspan is 11–15 mm (0.43–0.59 in). [2] The forewings are rather broad, dark bronzy - fuscous ; five white streaks from posterior half of costa, second becoming silvery-metallic and reaching beyond middle ; a broader slightly curved oblique white mark from middle of dorsum, reaching half across wing a short white mark before tornus ; two or three silvery-metallic dots about tornus; a black apical spot enclosing a silvery- metallic dot ; dark line of cilia indented below apex ; a dark hook above apex. Hindwings are grey. [3]
Adults are on wing from May to June and feed on the flowers of the larval host plant. [4] There is one generation per year.
The larvae feed on the seeds of Carex species, including Carex vulpina [5] and Carex remota. [6] The species overwinters in the larval stage within the spikes of the host plant. [7]