Incurvaria oehlmanniella
Incurvaria oehlmanniella is a moth of the family Incurvariidae. It is found in Europe and across the Palearctic to eastern Siberia.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Incurvariidae |
| Genus: | Incurvaria |
| Species: | I. oehlmanniella |
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| Incurvaria oehlmanniella (Hübner, 1796) | |
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Its wingspan is 12–16 mm. Head deep ochreous yellow. Forewings dark bronzy-fuscous, mixed with purplish ; a subtriangular dorsal spot before middle, a smaller one before tornus, and a third sometimes nearly obsolete on costa at 3/4 pale yellowish. Hindwings rather dark purplish-grey.[1]It flies from April to July, depending on the location.
The larvae feed on bilberry, cloudberry, Swida and Prunus.
References
- Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf
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