Micropterix allionella

Micropterix allionella
Micropterix allionella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Micropterigidae
Genus: Micropterix
Species: M. allionella
Binomial name
Micropterix allionella
(Fabricius, 1794)[1]
Synonyms
  • Tinea allionella Fabricius, 1794
  • Tinea tricinctella Costa, 1836

Micropterix allionella is a moth of the Micropterigidae family. It is known from France, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Slovenia and former Yugoslavia.

The habitat consists of clearings and the outskirts of forests. They fly in tall herbaceous vegetation.

The length of the forewings is 3.6-4.5 mm for males and 4.7-4.8 mm for females.[2]

References

  1. ^ Fauna Europaea
  2. ^ A review of Micropterix Hübner, 1825 from northern and central Europe (Micropterigidae)


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