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Stagmatophora serratella

Synonyms: Eteobalea gronoviella; Eteobalea serratella (homotypic); Oecophora serratella (homotypic); Stagmatophora cinereocapitella (heterotypic); Stagmatophora sareptensis (heterotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Eteobalea serratella is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found in most of Europe, except the Benelux, Great Britain, Ireland, Iceland, Fennoscandia and the Baltic states. It was approved for release in the United States in 1995 for the biological control of toadflax. A few field releases have been made in western Canada and the western United States, but no established populations have been confirmed. The wingspan is 16–18 mm. Adults are dark brown with white and copper spots. There is one generation per year.
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Prey / Diet

Linaria genistifolia (broomleaf toadflax)[1]

External References

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Citations

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
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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