Glyphipterix forsterella
| Glyphipterix forsterella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Glyphipterigidae |
| Genus: | Glyphipterix |
| Species: | G. forsterella |
| Binomial name | |
| Glyphipterix forsterella (Fabricius, 1781) | |
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Glyphipterix forsterella is a moth of the family Glyphipterigidae. It is found from most of Europe (except most of the Balkan Peninsula, Portugal and Ukraine),[1] east to Japan.
The wingspan is 11–15 mm.[2] Adults are on wing from May to June and feed on the flowers of the larval host plant.[3] There is one generation per year.
The larvae feed on the seeds of Carex species, including Carex vulpina[4] and Carex remota.[5] The species overwinters in the larval stage within the spikes of the host plant.[6]
Subspecies
- Glyphipterix forsterella forsterella
- Glyphipterix forsterella albimaculella von Heinemann, 1876 (Central Europe)
- Glyphipterix forsterella nivicaput Diakonoff, 1979 (Japan: Honshu)
References
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