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Oxypteryx wilkella

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Wikipedia Abstract

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.
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Prey / Diet

Cerastium fontanum (common chickweed)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Caryocolum alsinella1
Panemeria tenebrata (Small Yellow Underwing Moth)1

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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
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