Sorhagenia rhamniella
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Cosmopterigidae |
| Genus: | Sorhagenia |
| Species: | S. rhamniella
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| Binomial name | |
| Sorhagenia rhamniella (Zeller, 1839)
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Sorhagenia rhamniella is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found in most of Europe, except the Balkan Peninsula.[1]
The wingspan is about 9–10 mm. The head is fuscous, whitish sprinkled. Forewings are fuscous, sometimes somewhat ochreous mixed; large blackish scale-tufts on fold at 1/4, on dorsum before tornus, below middle of costa, and in disc at 3/4; some raised black strigulae towards apex. Hindwings are grey. The larva is greenish; head and plate of 2 black. [2]
Adults are on wing from July to August.
The larvae feed on Rhamnus frangula and Rhamnus cathartica. They feed from within a slight spinning either in the flowers or the terminal shoots.[3] Sometimes, also young leaves are eaten. Pupation takes place in a pale yellow cocoon near the ground, sometimes between leaves. Larvae can be found from the beginning of May to June.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description
- ^ UKmoths
- ^ microlepidoptera.nl Archived 2011-05-01 at the Wayback Machine
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