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Vulcaniella extremella

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Vulcaniella extremella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cosmopterigidae
Genus: Vulcaniella
Species:
V. extremella
Binomial name
Vulcaniella extremella
(Wocke, 1871)
Synonyms
  • Stagmatophora extremella Wocke, 1871
  • Stagmatophora buhri Hering, 1935
  • Stagmatophora naviella Chretien, 1907

Vulcaniella extremella is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found from Poland to the Iberian Peninsula, Italy, and Bulgaria and from France to central and southern Russia.

The wingspan is 8–11 mm. Adults have been recorded from mid-May to mid-September.[1]

The larvae feed on Salvia austriaca, Salvia nemorosa tesquicola and Salvia pratensis. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

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  1. ^ J. C. Koster, S. Yu. Sinev: Momphidae, Batrachedridae, Stathmopodidae, Agonoxenidae, Cosmopterigidae, Chrysopeleiidae. In: P. Huemer, O. Karsholt, L. Lyneborg (Hrsg.): Microlepidoptera of Europe. 1. Auflage. Band 5, Apollo Books, Stenstrup 2003, ISBN 87-88757-66-8, S. 154.
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