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Oxypteryx atrella

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Wikipedia Abstract

Eulamprotes atrella, the two-spotted neb, is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Denis and Schiffermuller in 1775. It is found from most of Europe, east to Japan. The habitat consists of mixed deciduous woodlands. The wingspan is 10.8–13 mm. The forewings are brilliantly brownish fuscous, with a yellow blotch on the costa at the apical one-third and also on the tornus. The hindwings are greyish fuscous. Adults are on wing from May to August in one generation per year.
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Prey / Diet

Hypericum perforatum (common St Johnswort)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

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1Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0