Cauchas rufimitrella

Taxobox
name = "Cauchas rufimitrella"


image_width = 250px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Lepidoptera
subordo = Glossata
cohort = Myoglossata
subcohort = Neolepidoptera
infraordo = Heteroneura
superfamilia = Incurvarioidea
familia = Adelidae
genus = "Cauchas"
species = "C. rufimitrella"
binomial = "Cauchas rufimitrella"
binomial_authority = Scopoli, 1763

"Cauchas rufimitrella" is a diurnal lepidopteran from the family Adelidae, the fairy long horn moths. The wingspan of the moth ranges from 10 to 12 millimeters. The wings are metallic red-purple. This is a common moth in the Netherlands. Caterpillars live on the seeds of "Cardamine pratensis" and then they pupate over the winter. Flight time is May to June.