Semioscopis strigulana

Semioscopis strigulana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Oecophoridae
Genus: Semioscopis
Species: S. strigulana
Binomial name
Semioscopis strigulana
(Fabricius, 1787)
Synonyms
  • Tortrix strigulana Fabricius, 1787
  • Tinea atomella Hübner, 1796 (preocc.)
  • Chimabache consimilella Hübner, [1825]

Semioscopis strigulana is a species of moth of the Oecophoridae family. It is found in most of Europe (except most of the Balkan Peninsula, the Iberian Peninsula, Great Britain, Ireland, the Benelux and Denmark) east to the eastern parts of the Palearctic ecozone.[1]

The wingspan is 26–32 mm.[2]

The larvae feed on Populus tremula.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  2. ↑ Swedish Moths
  3. ↑ Semioscopis at funet

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