Anchinia cristalis

Anchinia cristalis is a species of moth of the family Depressariidae. It is found in most of Europe (except most of the Balkan Peninsula, Portugal, Great Britain, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway, Finland and Ukraine) east to the eastern parts of the Palearctic ecozone.

Anchinia cristalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Depressariidae
Genus:
Anchinia
Species:
A. cristalis
Binomial name
Anchinia cristalis
(Scopoli, 1763)[1]
Synonyms
  • Phalaena cristalis Scopoli, 1763
  • Tinea verrucella Denis & Schiffermüller , 1775
  • Tinea hepaticella Hübner, 1796
  • Tinea cneorella Hübner, [1810]
  • Anchinia cristalis kuriliensis Lvovsky, 1990

The wingspan is 14–19 mm. Adults are on wing from late May to early July.

The larvae live between spun leaves of Thymelaea passerina, Daphne mezereum and Daphne laureola.[2]

References
  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. Lepidoptera of Belgium


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