| Opostega spatulella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Opostegidae |
| Genus: | Opostega |
| Species: | O. spatulella |
| Binomial name | |
| Opostega spatulella Herrich-Schäffer, 1855 |
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Opostega spatulella is a moth of the Opostegidae family. It is known from France, the Iberian Peninsula, Italy, Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Greece and Bosnia and Herzegovina.[1] It is thought to be extinct in Great Britain.[2] It is also found in the eastern part of the Palearctic ecozone (including Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan) and the Near East.
The wingspan is 9-11 mm. Adults are on wing from August to June and hibernate from October to April.[3] There is one generation per year.
The larvae are known to feed on Ulmus and Salix species. They mine the bark of their host plant.