Glyptoteles leucacrinella
| Glyptoteles leucacrinella | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pyralidae |
| Tribe: | Phycitini |
| Genus: | Glyptoteles Zeller, 1848 |
| Species: | G. leucacrinella |
| Binomial name | |
| Glyptoteles leucacrinella Zeller, 1848 | |
| Synonyms | |
| |
Glyptoteles is a genus of small moths belonging to the family Pyralidae. A single species is recognized, Glyptoteles leucacrinella. It is found in most of Europe, except Great Britain, Ireland, Fennoscandia, Portugal and most of the Balkan Peninsula.
The caterpillars of G. leucacrinella have been noted for the unusual food they may eat – vegetable remains and dry leaves.[1]
Otherwise, they feed on alder trees (Alnus).
Footnotes
- ↑ Grabe (1942)
References
- Grabe, Albert (1942): Eigenartige Geschmacksrichtungen bei Kleinschmetterlingsraupen ["Strange tastes among micromoth caterpillars"]. Zeitschrift des Wiener Entomologen-Vereins 27: 105-109 [in German]. PDF fulltext