Micropterix tunbergella

Micropterix tunbergella
Micropterix tunbergella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Micropterigidae
Genus: Micropterix
Species: M. tunbergella
Binomial name
Micropterix tunbergella
(Fabricius, 1784)[1]
Synonyms
  • Tinea tunbergella Fabricius, 1787
  • Tinea helwigella Hübner, 1805
  • Tinea rubrifasciella Haworth, 1828
  • Micropteryx depictella Herrich-Schäffer, 1851

Micropterix tunbergella is a moth of the Micropterigidae family. It is found in most of Europe, except Ireland, Portugal, Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Bulgaria and Finland.

The wingspan is 8-11 mm.[2] Adults are on wing from May to June and fly during the day.

The larval foodplant is unknown, but the adults feed on the pollen of various flowering plants[3], including Quercus, Acer pseudoplatanus and Crataegus species.

References

  1. ^ Fauna Europaea
  2. ^ UKmoths
  3. ^ microlepidoptera.nl


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