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Swammerdamia conspersella

Synonyms: Swammerdamia moensis

Wikipedia Abstract

Paraswammerdamia conspersella is a moth of the Yponomeutidae family. It is found in northern Europe, Ukraine, France and Switzerland. It was recently reported from Canada (Québec). The wingspan is 11–14 mm. Adults are on wing from June to August. The larvae feed on Empetrum nigrum. They initially mine the leaves of their host plant. After overwintering, they feed freely on the leaves from within a silk web. Mining larvae can be found in autumn.
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Prey / Diet

Empetrum nigrum (black crowberry)[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
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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