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Bohemannia quadrimaculella

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Bohemannia quadrimaculella
Bohemannia quadrimaculella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Bohemannia
Species:
B. quadrimaculella
Binomial name
Bohemannia quadrimaculella
(Boheman, 1851)
Synonyms
  • Nepticula quadrimaculella Boheman, 1853
  • Bucculatrix antispilella Meess, 1910

Bohemannia quadrimaculella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found from Norway and Sweden, south to France and from Ireland, east to the Czech Republic and Austria. It has also been recorded from Romania.

The wingspan is 7,4-8,8 mm. 7–9 mm. The head is orange and the collar ochreous-whitish. Antennal eyecaps are ochreous-whitish. Forewings bright shining purplish-copper ; yellow -whitish costal and dorsal opposite spots beyond middle. Hindwings dark fuscous. Adults are on wing from July to August in one generation.

The larvae possibly feed on alder (Alnus glutinosa) mining the buds or twig bark.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Emmet, A M (1983). Nepticulidae. In The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland. Volume 1. Colchester: Harley Books. p. 187. ISBN 0-946589-15-1.
  • Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description
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