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Lampronia pubicornis
	Male genitalia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Prodoxidae
Genus:	Lampronia
Species:	L. pubicornis
Binomial name
	Lampronia pubicornis; (Haworth, 1828)
Synonyms
	Capillaria pubicornis Haworth, 1828; ?Lampronia flavifrontella (Denis & Schiffermüller);

Lampronia pubicornis is a moth of the family Prodoxidae. It is found in Ireland, Great Britain, France, Spain, Germany, Austria, Hungary and on Sicily, in addition to Venice and occasionally mainland Italy.^[2]

The wingspan is 12–14 mm.^[3] Head pale yellowish. Forewings relatively broader and with termen less oblique than in Lampronia tenuicornis, shining fuscous. Hindwings with hair-scales, grey.^[4]

The larvae feed on within the young shoots of Rosa pimpinellifolia.

References

^ TOLweb
^ Fauna Europaea
^ Hants Moths
^ 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

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[1] TOLweb

[2] Fauna Europaea

[3] Hants Moths

[4] 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

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