Acrolepiopsis tauricella explained

Acrolepiopsis tauricella is a moth of the family Acrolepiidae. It is found Italy, Switzerland, Hungary and Ukraine.[1]

The larvae feed on Tamus communis. They mine the leaves of their host plant. Young larvae make one or two small full depth blotch mines.[2] The larvae have a pale yellowish green body and head.

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20160305200406/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=434087 Fauna Europaea
  2. Web site: bladmineerders.nl . 2012-04-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304203812/http://www.bladmineerders.nl/minersf/lepidopteramin/acrolepiopsis/tauricella/tauricella.htm . 2016-03-04 . dead .