Glyphipterix bergstraesserella

Glyphipterix bergstraesserella is a moth of the family Glyphipterigidae. It is found in most of Europe, except Ireland, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Portugal, most of the Balkan Peninsula and Ukraine.[1]

Glyphipterix bergstraesserella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Glyphipterigidae
Genus: Glyphipterix
Species:
G. bergstraesserella
Binomial name
Glyphipterix bergstraesserella
(Fabricius, 1781)
Synonyms
  • Tinea bergstraesserella Fabricius, 1781
  • Glyphipterix pietruskii Nowicki, 1864
  • Glyphipterix altioriella Bauer, 1923
  • Phalaena Tinea linneella Linnaeus, 1790
  • Tinea lineella Hübner, [1796]
  • Tortrix lineana Hübner, [1796]
  • Glyphipterix linneana Hübner, [1825]
  • Glyphipterix linneella Hübner, [1825]
  • Tortrix treitschkeana Frölich, 1828
  • Glyphipteryx bergstraesserella ab. arcuatella Klemensiewicz, 1907

The wingspan is 10–15 mm. Adults are on wing from May to July and in October.[2]

The larvae feed on Luzula luzuloides.[3] They bore the stem of their host plant.

References
  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. Swedish Moths
  3. Glyphipterix at funet Archived 2012-04-16 at the Wayback Machine


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