Acompsia schmidtiellus

Acompsia schmidtiellus
	Hexton, Hertfordshire, England
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Acompsia
Species:	A. schmidtiellus
Binomial name
	Acompsia schmidtiellus; (Heyden, 1848)
Synonyms
	Ypsolophus schmidtiellus Heyden, 1848; Ypsolophus durdhamellus Stainton, 1849; Hypsolopha quadrinella Herrich-Schäffer, 1854;

Acompsia schmidtiellus is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in central, eastern and southern Europe, from Denmark to southern Spain and Portugal. In the east, the range extends to Ukraine.^[1]

The wingspan is 14–16 mm for males and 15–17 mm for females. The forewings are light orange-brown, mottled with some black scales. Females have more plain orange-brown forewings. The hindwings are grey. Adults are on wing from June to late August.

The larvae feed on Origanum vulgare, Mentha arvensis, , , Calamintha nepeta and Clinopodium vulgare. They fold a leaf of their host plant and spin it together. The larvae are yellow white with a shining dark brown head. Pupation takes place in a folded leaf or between dry leaves on the ground.^[2]

References[]

^ Fauna Europaea
^ "A review of the genus Acompsia Huebner, 1825, with description of new species (Gelechiidae)". Nota Lepidopterologica. 25: 109–151. 2002.

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[1] Fauna Europaea

[2] "A review of the genus Acompsia Huebner, 1825, with description of new species (Gelechiidae)". Nota Lepidopterologica. 25: 109–151. 2002.

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