Ochromolopis ictella

Ochromolopis ictella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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 family Epermeniidae. 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

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[edit]

^ Fauna Europaea
^ Faunistics of the Epermeniidae from the former USSR (Epermeniidae) Archived 2013-12-03 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Ochromolopis ictella - Ochrana přírody a krajiny v Hlavním městě Praze". Archived from the original on 2012-04-02. Retrieved 2011-10-25.
^ "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2013-08-24. Retrieved 2011-10-25.

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[1] Fauna Europaea

[2] Faunistics of the Epermeniidae from the former USSR (Epermeniidae) Archived 2013-12-03 at the Wayback Machine

[3] "Ochromolopis ictella - Ochrana přírody a krajiny v Hlavním městě Praze". Archived from the original on 2012-04-02. Retrieved 2011-10-25.

[4] "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2013-08-24. Retrieved 2011-10-25.

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