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Prolita sexpunctella (Long-horned Flat-back)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Prolita sexpunctella, the long-horned flat-back or groundling, is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It is found in most of Europe and North America. The wingspan is 13–17 mm. Adults are on wing from May to June. They are day-flyers. The larvae feed on the leaves of Calluna species (including Calluna vulgaris), Empetrum nigrum and Dryas octopetala. They spin the leaves together and overwintering within.
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Prey / Diet

Calluna vulgaris (heather)[1]
Empetrum nigrum (black crowberry)[1]
Vaccinium myrtillus (myrtle blueberry)[1]
Vaccinium vitis-idaea (lingonberry)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

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Attributes / relations provided by
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