Vulcaniella grabowiella

Vulcaniella grabowiella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Subkingdom: Eumetazoa
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Division: Ditrysia
Section: Tineina
Family: Cosmopterigidae
Genus: Vulcaniella
Species: V. grabowiella
Binomial name
Vulcaniella grabowiella
(Staudinger, 1859)
Synonyms
  • Pancalia grabowiella Staudinger, 1859

Vulcaniella grabowiella is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is found from the Iberian Peninsula to Asia Minor.

The wingspan is 7–9 mm.[1]

The larvae feed on various Lamiaceae species, including Lavandula stoechas, Thymus vulgaris and Thymus algeriensis numidicus. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The create a mine without frass. The larva lives free on the plant in a case made of silk and densely covered with frass grains. The case resembles a Coleophora case, but is less regularly constructed. At times, larvae also spin leaves together.

References

  1. J. C. Koster, S. Yu. Sinev: Momphidae, Batrachedridae, Stathmopodidae, Agonoxenidae, Cosmopterigidae, Chrysopeleiidae. In: P. Huemer, O. Karsholt, L. Lyneborg (Hrsg.): Microlepidoptera of Europe. 1. Auflage. Band 5, Apollo Books, Stenstrup 2003, ISBN 87-88757-66-8, S. 154.

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