Lampronia luzella

Lampronia luzella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Prodoxidae
Genus: Lampronia
Species: L. luzella
Binomial name
Lampronia luzella
(Hübner, 1817)
Synonyms
  • Tinea luzella Hubner, 1817

Lampronia luzella is a moth of the Prodoxidae family. It is found in Ireland, Great Britain, the Benelux, France, central Europe, Italy, Fennoscandia, the Baltic region, Russia, Poland, the Czech Republic and Romania.

Illustration from John Curtis's British Entomology Volume 6

The wingspan is about 12 mm. Adults are on wing from May to July and fly in afternoon sunshine.

The larvae probably feed on Rubus species.

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