Animalia > Arthropoda > Insecta > Lepidoptera > Gelechiidae > Oxypteryx > Oxypteryx wilkellaOxypteryx wilkellaSynonyms: Argyritis pictella; Eulamprotes pictella; Eulamprotes tarquiniela; Eulamprotes torquiniella; Eulamprotes wilkella (homotypic); Gelechia pictella; Gelechia tarquiniella; Gelechia torquinella; Phalaena merianella; Phalaena wilkella (homotypic); Tinea germarella; Tinea wilkella Eulamprotes wilkella is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It is found in most of Europe. Outside of Europe, it is found in Turkey, the Caucasus and Siberia. The wingspan is 8–10 mm. Adults are usually dark brown with a creamy-yellow head and three silver bands across the forewing, although adults of form tarquiniella only have a single silver fascia. Adults are on wing in June and again in August in two generations per year. The larvae feed on Cerastium fontanum. They live within the roots and lower stems of their host plant in a silken tube or tent. The species overwinters in a cocoon. |
Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández |
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
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