Moitrelia obductella
| Moitrelia obductella | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pyralidae |
| Genus: | Moitrelia[1] |
| Species: | M. obductella |
| Binomial name | |
| Moitrelia obductella (Zeller, 1839) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Moitrelia obductella is a species of snout moth. It is found in most of Europe (except Ireland, Fennoscandia, Estonia, Latvia and Ukraine).[2]
The wingspan is 23–26 mm.[3] Adults are on wing from the second half of July to early August.[4]
The larvae feed on Origanum (including Origanum vulgare), Mentha, Calamintha and Thymus species. They live in a spun terminal shoot of their host plant. They constructs a silken web intermixed with dead leaves. It overwinters in the larval stage. Pupation takes place in July within a papery cocoon in the earth or amongst leaf-litter.[5]
References
- ↑ "World Pyraloidea Database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2012-02-24.
- ↑ Fauna Europaea
- ↑ microlepidoptera.nl
- ↑ UKmoths
- ↑ Lepidoptera of Belgium
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