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Hodgesiella rebeli

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Hodgesiella rebeli
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cosmopterigidae
Genus: Hodgesiella
Species:
H. rebeli
Binomial name
Hodgesiella rebeli
(Krone, 1905)
Synonyms
  • Stagmatophora rebeli Krone, 1905

Hodgesiella rebeli is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found in Italy, Croatia, Hungary, Romania, North Macedonia, Albania and Greece.[1]

The wingspan is 11–12 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is black with three white lines. The hindwings are whitish grey.[2]

The larvae feed on Convolvulus althaeoides, Convolvulus althaeoides tenuissimus and Convolvulus cantabrica. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine starts as a narrow gallery where all the frass is concentrated. This narrow area quickly widens into a large blotch. The larvae create silk, which they deposit in the mine, causing some length folds to develop.[3] The larvae can be found in May.

References

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  1. ^ Fauna Europaea
  2. ^ Neues über Microlepidopteren. — Jahresbericht des Wiener Entomologischen Vereins 16: 83-85
  3. ^ "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2012-09-26. Retrieved 2011-08-16.