Acrolepiopsis vesperella
Acrolepiopsis vesperella | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Acrolepiidae |
Genus: | Acrolepiopsis |
Species: | A. vesperella
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Binomial name | |
Acrolepiopsis vesperella (Zeller, 1850)
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Acrolepiopsis vesperella is a moth of the family Acrolepiidae. It is found in Germany, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro, Greece and on the Canary Islands.[1]
The larvae feed on Smilax aspera, Smilax canariensis, Tamus communis and . They mine the leaves of their host plant. On Smilax species, young larvae make a short corridor which is almost completely filled with frass. Older larvae live freely at the leaf underside, under a frass-covered web. On Tamus species, larvae live in a transparent full-depth mine without frass. The mine may have the form of a corridor, blotch or star. Pupation always occurs in a net-like cocoon.[2] The larvae have a pale yellowish green body and head. They can be found in March.
References[]
- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2012-04-19. Retrieved 2012-04-06.
Categories:
- Acrolepiidae
- Moths described in 1850
- Moths of Europe
- Yponomeutoidea stubs