Ochromolopis ictella

Ochromolopis ictella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Epermeniidae
Genus: Ochromolopis
Species: O. ictella
Binomial name
Ochromolopis ictella
(Hübner, 1813)
Synonyms
  • Tinea ictella Hübner, 1813
  • Epermenia ictella
  • Ornix ictipennella Treitschke, 1833

Ochromolopis ictella is a moth of the Epermeniidae family. It is found from Finland to the Iberian Peninsula, Italy and Greece and from France to Ukraine.[1] It is also found in North Africa.[2]

A shoot of Thesium montanum drawn together by larva
Larva

The wingspan is 11–13 mm.[3]

The larvae feed on Thesium species, including Thesium bavarum. They initially mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a short, full depth, irregular, linear mine. A single larva may make several mines. Older larvae live freely on the plant under some spinning.[4] Larvae are greenish with a pale brown head.

References

  1. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  2. ↑ Faunistics of the Epermeniidae from the former USSR (Epermeniidae)
  3. ↑ Ochromolopis ictella - Ochrana přírody a krajiny v Hlavním městě Praze
  4. ↑ bladmineerders.nl


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