Biology:Tinagma balteolella

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Short description: Moth species in family Douglasiidae

Tinagma balteolella
Tinagma balteolella E-MK-16774a.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Douglasiidae
Genus: Tinagma
Species:
T. balteolella
Binomial name
Tinagma balteolella
(Fischer von Röslerstamm, 1841)
Synonyms
  • Aechmia balteolella Fischer von Röslerstamm, 1841
  • Tinagma balteolellum
  • Tinagma borkhauseniella Herrich-Schaffer, 1855

Tinagma balteolella is a moth in the Douglasiidae family. It is found in Great Britain, France , Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany , Switzerland , Austria, Italy, Spain , the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania, Poland , Lithuania and Ukraine .[1] It is also found in Morocco and Jordan.

The wingspan is 8–9 mm (0.31–0.35 in).

The larvae feed on Echium vulgare and Echium biebersteini. They mine the stems of their host plant.[2] The species overwinters in a cocoon.[3]

References

  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. Gaedike, R., 2007 (2009): Some new and interesting Microlepidoptera from the collection of the Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig (ZFMK), Bonn (Lepidoptera: Tineidae, Epermeniidae, Acrolepiidae, Douglasiidae). Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 56 (1-2): 101-106. Full article: "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-02-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20120227040711/http://www.zfmk.de/BZB/BzB_56_1_09_Gaedike.pdf. Retrieved 2012-02-27. 
  3. Hants Moths

Wikidata ☰ Q13475096 entry