Bacotia claustrella

Shining smoke
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Psychidae
Genus: Bacotia
Species: B. claustrella
Binomial name
Bacotia claustrella
(Bruand, 1845)[1]
Synonyms
  • Psyche claustrella Bruand, 1845
  • Psyche sepium Ad. Speyer & Au. Speyer, 1846
  • Bacotia sepium
  • Solenobia tabulella Guenée, 1846
  • Epichnopteryx sepiella Herrich-Schäffer, 1862

Bacotia claustrella, the shining smoke, is a moth of the Psychidae family. It is found in large parts of Europe, except Ireland, Norway, Finland, the Baltic region, Ukraine, the western and southern part of the Balkan Peninsula and the Iberian Peninsula.

The wingspan is about 13–15 mm for males. Female are wingless. The forewings of the males are brown with a dark mark in the central part. The hindwings are greyish. Adults are on wing in June to July.[2]

The larvae feed on lichens. They build a case covered with lichen and fragments of bark.[3] Larvae can be found from August to May. The species overwinters in the larval stage.

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