Ortholepis vacciniella

Ortholepis vacciniella is a species of snout moth described by Friederike Lienig and Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1847.[1] It is found in Germany, Denmark, Poland, the Baltic region, Russia and Fennoscandia.[2]

Ortholepis vacciniella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Ortholepis
Species:
O. vacciniella
Binomial name
Ortholepis vacciniella
(Lienig & Zeller, 1847)
Synonyms
  • Epischnia vacciniella Lienig & Zeller, 1847

The wingspan is 12–18 mm.[3]

The larvae feed on Vaccinium and Betula nana.[4]

References
  1. "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved August 23, 2017.
  2. Fauna Europaea
  3. Swedish Moths
  4. Savela, Markku. "Ortholepis Ragonot, 1887". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 24, 2017.


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