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Lampronia luzella

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Lampronia luzella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Prodoxidae
Genus: Lampronia
Species:
L. luzella
Binomial name
Lampronia luzella
(Hübner, 1817)
Synonyms
  • Tinea luzella Hubner, 1817

Lampronia luzella is a moth of the family Prodoxidae. It is found in Ireland, Great Britain, the Benelux, France, central Europe, Italy, Fennoscandia, the Baltic region, Russia, Poland, the Czech Republic and Romania.

Illustration from John Curtis's British Entomology Volume 6

The wingspan is about 12 mm. The head is fuscous. Forewings dark purple-fuscous ; a sometimes interrupted fascia about 1/4, a subquadrate costal spot beyond middle, and a larger triangular dorsal spot before tornus yellow ; tips of apical cilia whitish. Hindwings dark fuscous.[1] Adults are on wing from May to July and fly in afternoon sunshine.

The larvae probably feed on Rubus species.

References

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  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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