Glyphipterix forsterella

Glyphipterix forsterella is a moth of the family Glyphipterigidae. It is found from most of Europe (except most of the Balkan Peninsula, Portugal and Ukraine),[1] east to Japan.

Glyphipterix forsterella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Glyphipterigidae
Genus: Glyphipterix
Species:
G. forsterella
Binomial name
Glyphipterix forsterella
(Fabricius, 1781)
Synonyms
  • Tinea forsterella Fabricius, 1781
  • Aechmia lucasella Duponchel, 1838
  • Glyphiptryx variella Zeller, 1850 (nec Fabricius, 1794)
  • Aechmia oculatella Zeller, 1850
  • Glyphipteryx albimaculella von Heinemann, 1877
  • Glyphipterix forsterella f. nivicaput Diakonoff, 1979

The wingspan is 11–15 mm.[2] The forewings are rather broad, dark bronzy - fuscous ; five white streaks from posterior half of costa, second becoming silvery-metallic and reaching beyond middle ; a broader slightly curved oblique white mark from middle of dorsum, reaching half across wing a short white mark before tornus ; two or three silvery-metallic dots about tornus; a black apical spot enclosing a silvery- metallic dot ; dark line of cilia indented below apex ; a dark hook above apex. Hindwings are grey.[3]

Adults are on wing from May to June and feed on the flowers of the larval host plant.[4] There is one generation per year.

The larvae feed on the seeds of Carex species, including Carex vulpina[5] and Carex remota.[6] The species overwinters in the larval stage within the spikes of the host plant.[7]

Subspecies
  • Glyphipterix forsterella forsterella
  • Glyphipterix forsterella albimaculella von Heinemann, 1876 (Central Europe)
  • Glyphipterix forsterella nivicaput Diakonoff, 1979 (Japan: Honshu)

References
  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. "microlepidoptera.nl". Archived from the original on 2011-05-01. Retrieved 2012-04-10.
  3. Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description
  4. UKmoths
  5. Glyphipterix at funet Archived 2012-04-16 at the Wayback Machine
  6. lepiforum.de
  7. Lepidoptera of Belgium


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