Aspilapteryx tringipennella

Aspilapteryx tringipennella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gracillariidae
Genus:	Aspilapteryx
Species:	A. tringipennella
Binomial name
Aspilapteryx tringipennella (Zeller, 1839)[1]
Synonyms
Gracilaria tringipennella Zeller, 1839

Aspilapteryx tringipennella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from all of Europe.

Mined leaf of Plantago lanceolata

Larva

The wingspan is 10–13 mm. Forewings pale greyish ochreous to light ochreous-yellow; an ill-defined white costal streak from base to near apex; subcostal and median longitudinal rows of black dots, and sometimes two or three on fold. Hindwings grey.[2][3][4]

There are two generations per year, with adults on wing in May and again in August.[5]

The larvae feed on Plantago lanceolata and Plantago maritima. They mine the leaves of their host plant.[6]

References

1. Fauna Europaea
2. Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description
3. Kuznetsov V.I., 1990 Gracillariidae ; in G.S. Medvedev (ed.): Keys to the insects of the europaean part of the USSR, Vol.IV: Lepidoptera, part 2 (english translation), Oxonian Press Pvt.Ltd., New Dehli, 1987
4. Heath, J. & Emmet, A. M. (Hrsg.) (1985): The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland. Volume 2: Cossidae – Heliodinidae. Harley Books, Colchester, Essex.
5. UKmoths
6. "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2012-09-09. Retrieved 2010-11-04.

External links

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