Ochromolopis ictella

Ochromolopis ictella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Epermeniidae
Genus:	Ochromolopis
Species:	O. ictella
Binomial name
Ochromolopis ictella (Hübner, 1813)[1]
Synonyms
Tinea ictella Hubner, 1813 Epermenia ictella Ornix ictipennella Treitschke, 1833

Ochromolopis ictella is a moth of the Epermeniidae family. It is found from Finland to the Iberian Peninsula, Italy and Greece and from France to Ukraine.

A shoot of Thesium montanum drawn together by larva

Larva

The wingspan is 11-13 mm.^[2]

The larvae feed on Thesium species, including Thesium bavarum. They initially mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a short, full depth, irregular, linear mine. A single larva may make several mines. Older larvae live freely on the plant under some spinning.^[3] Larvae are greenish with a pale brown head.

References

1. ^ Fauna Europaea
2. ^ Ochromolopis ictella - Ochrana přírody a krajiny v Hlavním městě Praze
3. ^ bladmineerders.nl

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