Esperia oliviella
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| Esperia oliviella, upperside | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Oecophoridae |
| Genus: | Esperia |
| Species: | E. oliviella
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| Binomial name | |
| Esperia oliviella (Fabricius, 1794)
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Esperia oliviella is a species of gelechioid moth.
Taxonomy
In its
Distribution and habitat
This species is present in most of Europe (Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, British Islands, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Italy, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Russia, Spain, Switzerland and the Netherlands) and the Near East.[4][3] It inhabits old-growth woodland.[5] Though not generally uncommon, at the periphery of its range it is a rare sight. For example, in the UK its only significant populations are in the south and southeast of England, the regions closest to the European continent.[5]
Description
The
eclosion and some time thereafter, E. oliviella also has a pronounced purplish sheen which is far less conspicuous in E. sulphurella even if freshly eclosed.[5] Head and hind wings are black, whitish at the base of the upper edge. Antennae are black, with a white part before the tip.[6][7]
Biology
Adults are on the wing around June and July
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Bibliography
- Bradley, J.D.Checklist of Lepidoptera Recorded from The British Isles, Second Edition (Revised) (2000)
- Emmet, A.M. (Ed.)A Field Guide to the Smaller British Lepidoptera (1988)
- Emmet, A.M., Langmaid, J.R. (Eds.)The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 4 (Part 1) (2002)
References
- ^ a b Grabe, Albert (1942) Eigenartige Geschmacksrichtungen bei Kleinschmetterlingsraupen ["Strange tastes among micromoth caterpillars" Zeitschrift des Wiener Entomologen-Vereins 27: 105-109 (in German)]
- ^ Pitkin & Jenkins (2004) ): Butterflies and Moths of the World, Generic Names and their Type-species
- ^ a b Savela, Markku: Funet - Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
- ^ Fauna europaea)
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Kimber, Ian UK Moths
- ^ James Rennie A Conspectus of the Butterflies and Moths found in Britain
- ^ a b Keys to the Insects of the European Part of the USSR.: Lepidoptera. Part II
- ^ "Lepidoptera of Belgium". Archived from the original on 2018-02-16. Retrieved 2017-07-04.