Exaeretia allisella
| Exaeretia allisella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Depressariidae |
| Genus: | Exaeretia |
| Species: | E. allisella |
| Binomial name | |
| Exaeretia allisella | |
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Exaeretia allisella is a moth of the Depressariidae family. It is found in most of northern and central Europe, Siberia, the Russian Far East, Mongolia and northern and central China.[2]
A sprig of Lithospermum officinale eaten by larva
Larva
The wingspan is 20–23 mm.[3] Adults are on wing from July to August.[4]
The larvae feed on Artemisia vulgaris. They first feed in the rootstock, but later in the young stems.
References
- ↑ Fauna Europaea
- ↑ "Exaeretia Stainton, 1849" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ↑ Hants Moths
- ↑ UKMoths
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