Anacampsis temerella

Anacampsis temerella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Anacampsis
Species:	A. temerella
Binomial name
	Anacampsis temerella; (Lienig & Zeller, 1846)
Synonyms
	Gelechia temerella Lienig & Zeller, 1846 ; Gelechia pernigrella Douglas, 1850 ;

Anacampsis temerella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in most of Europe, except Belgium, Switzerland, the Iberian Peninsula and the Balkan Peninsula.

A sprig of Salix eaten by larva

Larva

The wingspan is 11–14 mm.^[2] The forewings are blackish, slightly violet-tinged ; stigmata deep black, very indistinct, first discal beyond plical ; a broad suffused black fascia at 2/3. Hindwings 1 rather dark grey.The larva is whitish ; dots black ; head and plate of 2 black.^[3]

Adults are on wing in July and August.^[4]

The larvae feed on Salix species, including Salix phylicifolia, Salix caprea, Salix lapponum and Salix repens. They feed in a spinning in the terminal shoots of their host plant.

References[]

^ Fauna Europaea
^ microlepidoptera.nl Archived May 1, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
^ 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
^ UKmoths

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[1] Fauna Europaea

[2] rolepidoptera.nl Archived May 1, 2011, at the Wayback Machine

[3] 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

[4] UKmoths

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