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Sorhagenia rhamniella

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Sorhagenia rhamniella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cosmopterigidae
Genus: Sorhagenia
Species:
S. rhamniella
Binomial name
Sorhagenia rhamniella
(Zeller, 1839)
Synonyms
  • Elachista rhamniella Zeller, 1839
  • Anacampsis asperipunctella Bruand, 1851

Sorhagenia rhamniella is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found in most of Europe, except the Balkan Peninsula.[1]

A shoot of buckthorn drooping from larval feeding
Larva

The wingspan is about 9–10 mm. The head is fuscous, whitish sprinkled. Forewings are fuscous, sometimes somewhat ochreous mixed; large blackish scale-tufts on fold at 1/4, on dorsum before tornus, below middle of costa, and in disc at 3/4; some raised black strigulae towards apex. Hindwings are grey. The larva is greenish; head and plate of 2 black. [2]

Adults are on wing from July to August.

The larvae feed on Rhamnus frangula and Rhamnus cathartica.[3] Sometimes, also young leaves are eaten. Larvae can be found from the beginning of May to June.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Fauna Europaea
  2. ^ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description
  3. ^ UKmoths
  4. ^ microlepidoptera.nl Archived 2011-05-01 at the Wayback Machine
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