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Pseudopostega auritella

Synonyms: Leucoptera auritella; Opostega auritella; Tinea auritella (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Pseudopostega auritella is a moth of the Opostegidae family. It is known from most of Europe, from Great Britain and France, east to Ukraine and Russia and from Sweden and Finland, south to Switzerland and Romania. It is also found in the eastern part of the Palearctic ecozone. The wingspan is 9–12 mm. Adults are on wing from June to July. The larvae are known to feed on Lycopus europaeus. They mine the stems of their host plant. The mine has the form of a long (about 20 cm), inconspicuous gallery.
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Prey / Diet

Caltha palustris (yellow marsh marigold)[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