Glyphipterix forsterella

Glyphipterix forsterella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Glyphipterigidae
Genus: Glyphipterix
Species: G. forsterella
Binomial name
Glyphipterix forsterella
(Fabricius, 1781)
Synonyms
  • Tinea forsterella Fabricius, 1781
  • Aechmia lucasella Duponchel, 1838
  • Glyphiptryx variella Zeller, 1850 (nec Fabricius, 1794)
  • Aechmia oculatella Zeller, 1850
  • Glyphipteryx albimaculella von Heinemann, 1877
  • Glyphipterix forsterella f. nivicaput Diakonoff, 1979

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]

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