Opostega spatulella

Opostega spatulella
Opostega spatulella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Opostegidae
Genus: Opostega
Species: O. spatulella
Binomial name
Opostega spatulella
Herrich-Schäffer, 1855
Synonyms
  • Opostega bimaculatella Rothschild, 1912
  • Opostega costantiniella Costantini, 1923
  • Opostega heringella Mariani, 1937

Opostega spatulella is a moth of the Opostegidae family. It is known from France, the Iberian Peninsula, Italy, Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Greece and Bosnia and Herzegovina.[1] It is thought to be extinct in Great Britain.[2] It is also found in the eastern part of the Palearctic ecozone (including Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan) and the Near East.

The wingspan is 9-11 mm. Adults are on wing from August to June and hibernate from October to April.[3] There is one generation per year.

The larvae are known to feed on Ulmus and Salix species. They mine the bark of their host plant.

References

  1. ^ Fauna Europaea
  2. ^ Hants Moths
  3. ^ Moths of Suffolk


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