Rhigognostis annulatella
Appearance
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Plutellidae |
Genus: | Rhigognostis |
Species: | R. annulatella
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Binomial name | |
Rhigognostis annulatella (Curtis, 1832)
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Rhigognostis annulatella (ringed diamond-back or annulated smudge) is a moth of the family Plutellidae. It is found in most of Europe.
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The wingspan is about 18 mm. The head is whitish, with some dark fuscous hairs. Tuft of palpi very short. Forewings light fuscous, much suffused with whitish - ochreous, with scattered dark fuscous strigulae; an ochreous-whitish dorsal streak from base to tornus, upper edge with triangular projections before and beyond middle, towards base blackish-edged. Hindwings are light grey. The larva is green; spots black, conspicuous; head and 2 black-speckled.[1]
Adults are on wing from July onwards, and overwinter in this stage, occurring on the wing until April.
The larvae feed on Cochlearia officinalis.
References
- ^ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf
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