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Bohemannia quadrimaculella

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Species of moth

Bohemannia quadrimaculella
Bohemannia quadrimaculella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Bohemannia
Species: B. quadrimaculella
Binomial name
Bohemannia quadrimaculella
(Boheman, 1851)
Synonyms
  • Nepticula quadrimaculella Boheman, 1853
  • Bucculatrix antispilella Meess, 1910

Bohemannia quadrimaculella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found from Norway and Sweden, south to France and from Ireland, east to the Czech Republic and Austria. It has also been recorded from Romania.

The wingspan is 7,4-8,8 mm. 7–9 mm. The head is orange and the collar isochreous-whitish.The antennal eyecaps are ochreous-whitish. The forewings are bright shining purplish-copper with yellow-whitish costal and dorsal opposite spots beyond middle. The hindwings are dark fuscous.

Adults are on wing from July to August in one generation.


The larvae possibly feed on alder (Alnus glutinosa) mining the buds or twig bark.

References

  1. lepiforum.de includes imagesPublic Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  2. Johansson, R., E. S. Nielsen, E. J. van Nieukerken & B. Gustafsson (1990): The Nepticulidae and Opostegidae (Lepidoptera) of North West Europe. – 739 S.; Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica, Volume 23, part 1 & part 2; Leiden, New York, København & Köln (E. J. Brill / Scandinavian Science Press Ltd.
  3. 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
  4. Emmet, A M (1983). Nepticulidae. In The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland. Volume 1. Colchester: Harley Books. p. 187. ISBN 0-946589-15-1.


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Bohemannia quadrimaculella


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