Paraswammerdamia albicapitella
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Yponomeutidae |
| Genus: | Paraswammerdamia |
| Species: | P. albicapitella |
| Binomial name | |
| Paraswammerdamia albicapitella (Scharfenberg, 1805) | |
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Paraswammerdamia albicapitella is a moth of the family Yponomeutidae. It is found in most of Europe, except the western part of the Balkan Peninsula, Ukraine, Lithuania and Latvia.[1] It was recently reported from Canada (British Columbia).[2]
The wingspan is 10–13 mm. Adults are greyish with a white head and thorax. Thorax white, sometimes anteriorly fuscous-sprinkled. Forewings white, irregularly irrorated with fuscous; some longitudinal series of blackish dots; antemedian dark fuscous fascia reduced to two spots, discal and dorsal; two white spots on costa posteriorly, separated by a dark fuscous spot; cilia coppery-tinged, with two dark purplish-fuscous lines. Hindwings pale fuscous. Larva reddish-brown; dorsal line broad, paler, becoming indistinct posteriorly; spiracular broad, yellowish-white; head pale yellow-ochreous.[3]
They are on wing in July.[4]
The larvae feed on Prunus spinosa. They initially mine the leaves of their host plant.[5]
References
- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ Shared but overlooked: 30 species of Holarctic Microlepidoptera revealed by DNA barcodes and morphology
- ^ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description - ^ UKmoths
- ^ "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2013-11-11. Retrieved 2012-04-16.