Eulamprotes wilkella
| Eulamprotes wilkella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Eulamprotes |
| Species: | E. wilkella |
| Binomial name | |
| Eulamprotes wilkella (Linnaeus, 1758)[1] | |
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Eulamprotes wilkella is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It is found in most of Europe. Outside of Europe, it is found in Turkey, the Caucasus and Siberia.[2]
A sprig of Cerastium holosteoides eaten by larva
Larva
The wingspan is 8–10 mm. Adults are usually dark brown with a creamy-yellow head and three silver bands across the forewing, although adults of form tarquiniella only have a single silver fascia. Adults are on wing in June and again in August in two generations per year.[3]
The larvae feed on Cerastium fontanum. They live within the roots and lower stems of their host plant in a silken tube or tent. The species overwinterers in a cocoon.[4]
References
- ↑ Fauna Europaea
- ↑ Junnilainen, J. et al. 2010: The gelechiid fauna of the southern Ural Mountains, part II: list of recorded species with taxonomic notes (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Zootaxa, 2367: 1–68. Preview
- ↑ UKmoths
- ↑ Hants Moths