Glyphipterix forsterella
Glyphipterix forsterella | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Glyphipterigidae |
Genus: | Glyphipterix |
Species: | G. forsterella |
Binomial name | |
Glyphipterix forsterella (Fabricius, 1781) | |
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Glyphipterix forsterella is a moth of the family Glyphipterigidae. It is found from most of Europe (except most of the Balkan Peninsula, Portugal and Ukraine),[1] east to Japan.
The wingspan is 11–15 mm.[2] Adults are on wing from May to June and feed on the flowers of the larval host plant.[3] There is one generation per year.
The larvae feed on the seeds of Carex species, including Carex vulpina[4] and Carex remota.[5] The species overwinters in the larval stage within the spikes of the host plant.[6]
Subspecies
- Glyphipterix forsterella forsterella
- Glyphipterix forsterella albimaculella von Heinemann, 1876 (Central Europe)
- Glyphipterix forsterella nivicaput Diakonoff, 1979 (Japan: Honshu)
References
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