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Acrolepiopsis tauricella

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Species of moth

Acrolepiopsis tauricella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Acrolepiidae
Genus: Acrolepiopsis
Species: A. tauricella
Binomial name
Acrolepiopsis tauricella
(Staudinger, 1870)
Synonyms
  • Acrolepia tauricella Staudinger, 1870
  • Acrolepia karolyii Szocs, 1969
  • Acrolepia similella Muller-Rutz, 1920

Acrolepiopsis tauricella is a moth of the family Acrolepiidae. It is found Italy, Switzerland, Hungary and Ukraine.

The larvae feed on Tamus communis. They mine the leaves of their host plant. Young larvae make one or two small full depth blotch mines. The larvae have a pale yellowish green body and head.

References

  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-04-06.
Taxon identifiers
Acrolepiopsis tauricella


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