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Eulamprotes wilkella

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Eulamprotes wilkella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Eulamprotes
Species:
E. wilkella
Binomial name
Eulamprotes wilkella
Synonyms
  • Phalaena wilkella Linnaeus, 1758
  • Phalaena (Tinea) merianella Linnaeus, 1758
  • Gelechia (Brachmia) pictella Zeller, 1839
  • Eulamprotes pictella
  • Argyritis pictella
  • Gelechia tarquiniella Stainton, 1862
  • Tinea germarella Geyer, 1832

Eulamprotes wilkella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in most of Europe. Outside of Europe, it is found in Turkey, the Caucasus and Siberia.[2]

A sprig of Cerastium holosteoides eaten by larva
Larva

The wingspan is 8–10 mm. Head white. Antennae with apical third white. Forewings blackish ; two bars from costa, at 1/4 and 1/2, a straight sometimes interrupted oblique fascia at 3/4, and an apical spot silvery-metallic ; white spots in cilia on costal extremity of fascia and at apex. Hindwings pale grey. Larva light rosy; head pale brown ; 2 brownish: in silken galleries.[3]

Adults are on wing in June and again in August in two generations per year.[4]

The larvae feed on Cerastium fontanum.[5]

References

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  1. ^ Fauna Europaea
  2. ^ Junnilainen, J. et al. 2010: The gelechiid fauna of the southern Ural Mountains, part II: list of recorded species with taxonomic notes (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Zootaxa, 2367: 1–68. Preview
  3. ^ 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
  4. ^ UKmoths
  5. ^ Hants Moths