Acompsia cinerella
Acompsia cinerella | |
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Acompsia cinerella, upperside | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gelechiidae |
Genus: | Acompsia |
Species: | A. cinerella |
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Acompsia cinerella | |
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Acompsia cinerella, the Ash-coloured Sober, is a small lepidopteran species of the twirler moth family (Gelechiidae). It is the type species of the genus Acompsia, once assigned to the subfamily Anacampsinae but generally placed in the Dichomeridinae.
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Distribution
This species can be found in most of Europe, except for Portugal and Iceland.[1]
Habitat
These moths inhabit a variety of areas, preferably with rich vegetation or bushes.[2]
Description
Acompsia cinerella has a wingspan of 16–19 mm. These moths have long upwardly-curved labial palps. The forewings show a brownish color, without any marking.[3] This species is rather similar to Helcystogramma rufescens.[4]
Biology
There are two generations per year, as it is a bivoltine species. Adults are on wing from May to September. The larvae feed on moss present on trunks of broad leaves trees, often at the base of the tree.[3][5][6]
Bibliography
- Erstbeschreibung: Clerck, C. (1759): Icones Insectorum rariorum Cum Nominibus eorum trivialibus, locisqve e C. LinnaeiArch. R. et Eqv. Aur. Syst. Nat. allegatis. Sectio Prima: [8 unpaginierte Textseiten], pl. 1-16. Holmiae. — Digitalisat der Bibliothèque nationale de France.
- Lectotypus-Festlegung: Robinson, G. S. & E. Schmidt Nielsen (1983): The Microlepidoptera described by Linnaeus and Clerck. — Systematic Entomology 8: 191-242.
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