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Antispila treitschkiella

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Species of moth

Antispila treitschkiella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Heliozelidae
Genus: Antispila
Species: A. treitschkiella
Binomial name
Antispila treitschkiella
(Fischer von Röslerstamm, 1843)
Synonyms
  • Elachista treitschkiella Fischer von Röslerstamm 1843
  • Antispila petryi Martini, 1898
  • Antispila stachjanella Dziurzynski, 1948
  • Antispila treitschkeella

Antispila treitschkiella is a species of moth of the family Heliozelidae. It is found from Great Britain to Ukraine and from Sweden to France, Italy and Greece. It is also found in Portugal.

Damage
Larva
Larval case, with spiny projections

The wingspan is about 6 mm. Adults are on wing from the end of April to the beginning of June and from July to August.

The larvae feed on Cornus mas and Cornus sanguinea. They mine the leaves of their host plant. Larvae can be found in July and from the end of August to early October. The species overwinters in the larval stage, within the case.

References

  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. microlepidoptera.nl Archived May 1, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  3. "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2012-05-02. Retrieved 2011-09-14.


Taxon identifiers
Antispila treitschkiella


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