Semioscopis oculella

Semioscopis oculella is a species of moth of the family Depressariidae. It is found in most of Europe (except most of the Balkan Peninsula, the Iberian Peninsula, Great Britain, and Ireland) east to the eastern parts of the Palearctic ecozone.

Semioscopis oculella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Depressariidae
Genus:
Semioscopis
Species:
S. oculella
Binomial name
Semioscopis oculella
(Thunberg, 1794)[1]
Synonyms
  • Tinea oculella Thunberg, 1794
  • Tinea anella Hubner, 1796
  • Lemmatophila alienella Treitschke, 1832
  • Semioscopis anella ab. dubiella Krulikowsky, 1908

The wingspan is 24–34 mm.[2] Adults are on wing from March to April.[3]

The larvae feed on Betula species.[4]

References
  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. microlepidoptera.nl Archived 2014-07-01 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Lepidoptera of Belgium Archived 2007-05-15 at the Wayback Machine
  4. Semioscopis at funet Archived 2012-04-17 at the Wayback Machine


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