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Batrachedra parvulipunctella

Synonyms: Eustaintonia phragmitidella (heterotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Batrachedra parvulipunctella is a species of moth of the Batrachedridae family. It is found in southern Europe and North Africa. Adults are on wing from May to June and again from July to September in two generations per year. The larvae live in white silky cases, feeding on the waxy secretions of Coccoidea species (including Aclerda berlesii) which occur on Phragmitis australis and Arundo donax.
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Prey / Diet

Arundo donax (giant reed)[1]
Phragmites australis (common reed)[1]

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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