Glyphipterix schoenicolella

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Glyphipterix schoenicolella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Glyphipterigidae
Genus: Glyphipterix
Species:
G. schoenicolella
Binomial name
Glyphipterix schoenicolella
Boyd, 1859

Glyphipterix schoenicolella is a species of

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The wingspan is 6–9 mm.The forewings are narrower than in G. equitella, dark bronzy -fuscous ; five equally narrow white streaks from posterior half of costa ; a slightly curved slender very oblique white streak from middle of dorsum, sometimes partially or wholly obsolete ; an erect silvery metallic mark before tornus, meeting second costal streak ; a silvery-metallic mark along tornal margin ; a blackish apical spot ; dark line of cilia indented below apex ; a dark hook above apex. Hindwings are dark grey.The larva is whitish - green ; dorsal vessel dark grey ; head and plate of 2 blackish.[1]

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

The larvae feed on Schoenus nigricans. It has also been reported from Cyperus longus.

References

  1. ^ 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

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