Lampronia capitella
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Prodoxidae |
Genus: | Lampronia |
Species: | L. capitella
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Binomial name | |
Lampronia capitella (Clerck, 1759)
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The currant shoot borer moth (Lampronia capitella) is a species of moth of the family Prodoxidae. It is found in most of central, northern and eastern Europe.[1] It is also found in North America.[2]
Description
[edit]The wingspan is 14–17 mm. .[3] They are on wing from May to mid-July.
The larvae feed on the young green fruit of Ribes rubrum, Ribes uva-crispa and Ribes nigrum. Larvae can be found from August to September.[4]
References
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Wikispecies has information related to Lampronia capitella.
- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ mothphotographersgroup
- ^ UKmoths
- ^ microlepidoptera.nl Archived 2011-02-12 at the Wayback Machine