Denisia stipella

Denisia stipella
	Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Oecophoridae
Genus:	Denisia
Species:	D. stipella
Binomial name
	Denisia stipella; (Linnaeus, 1758)[1]
Synonyms
	Phalaena stipella Linnaeus, 1758; Lampros westermannella Zetterstedt, 1839;

Denisia stipella is a moth of the family Oecophoridae. It is found in almost all of continental Europe, except the Iberian Peninsula and the southern part of the Balkan Peninsula.

The wingspan is 14–19 mm.[2] Adults are on wing from the end of May to August.

The larvae live under dead bark, in decayed wood and amongst other plant material from conifers such as Abies alba, Picea and Pinus species.[3]

References

Fauna Europaea
"microlepidoptera.nl". Archived from the original on 2013-12-11. Retrieved 2013-12-06.
"Lepidoptera of Belgium". Archived from the original on 2011-02-16. Retrieved 2013-12-06.

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[1] Fauna Europaea

[2] "microlepidoptera.nl". Archived from the original on 2013-12-11. Retrieved 2013-12-06.

[3] "Lepidoptera of Belgium". Archived from the original on 2011-02-16. Retrieved 2013-12-06.