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Perittia obscurepunctella

Synonyms: Aphelosetia obscurepunctella (homotypic); Aphelosetia olelella; Perittia oleella

Wikipedia Abstract

Perittia obscurepunctella is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found from Sweden and Finland to the Pyrenees and Slovakia and from Ireland to the Baltic region and Poland. The wingspan is 8–10 mm. Adults are on wing from April to June.
View Wikipedia Record: Perittia obscurepunctella

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Fenn`s, Whixall, Bettisfield, Wem and Cadney Mosses 2346 England/Wales, United Kingdom  

Prey / Diet

Lonicera periclymenum (European honeysuckle)[1]
Lonicera xylosteum (dwarf honeysuckle)[2]

Prey / Diet Overlap

External References

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
♦ 2Biological 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