Karsholtia
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Tineidae |
Genus: | Karsholtia Gaedike, 1986 |
Species: | K. marianii
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Binomial name | |
Karsholtia marianii (Rebel, 1936)[1]
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Karsholtia is a genus of moths of the family Tineidae. The genus contains the single species Karsholtia marianii. It is found in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Austria, France and on Sicily.[2]
The wingspan is 8–11 mm. Adults are on wing in July.[3]
The larvae have been recorded feeding on the decaying trunks of Carpinus betulus.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Robinson, Gaden S. [2010]: Global Taxonomic Database of Tineidae (Lepidoptera)
- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ Swedish Moths
- ^ HUEMER, P. (1998): Karsholtia marianii (Rebel, 1936), ein bemerkenswerter Neufund eines Kleinschmetterlings für Österreich (Insecta: Lepidoptera, Tineidae), in: Ber.naturw.-med.Ver.Innsbruck 85, 329-333