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Cosmopterix orichalcea

Synonyms: Cosmopterix drurella; Cosmopterix druryella

Wikipedia Abstract

Cosmopterix orichalcea is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from most of Europe (except the Balkan Peninsula) east to Japan. The wingspan is about 9 mm. Adults are on wing from August to May. Then the larva hibernates outside of the mine in a hibernaculum.
View Wikipedia Record: Cosmopterix orichalcea

Prey / Diet

Anthoxanthum nipponicum (sweet vernalgrass)[1]
Anthoxanthum nitens (sweetgrass)[1]
Festuca trichophylla trichophylla (Tall Fescue)[1]
Phalaris arundinacea (reed canarygrass)[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