Glyphipterix forsterella explained

Glyphipterix forsterella is a moth of the family Glyphipterigidae. It is found from most of Europe (except most of the Balkan Peninsula, Portugal and Ukraine),[1] east to Japan.

The wingspan is NaNmm.[2] The forewings are rather broad, dark bronzy - fuscous ; five white streaks from posterior half of costa, second becoming silvery-metallic and reaching beyond middle ; a broader slightly curved oblique white mark from middle of dorsum, reaching half across wing a short white mark before tornus ; two or three silvery-metallic dots about tornus; a black apical spot enclosing a silvery- metallic dot ; dark line of cilia indented below apex ; a dark hook above apex. Hindwings are grey.[3]

Adults are on wing from May to June and feed on the flowers of the larval host plant.[4] There is one generation per year.

The larvae feed on the seeds of Carex species, including Carex vulpina[5] and Carex remota.[6] The species overwinters in the larval stage within the spikes of the host plant.[7]

Subspecies

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304221640/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=434063 Fauna Europaea
  2. Web site: microlepidoptera.nl . 2012-04-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110501015023/http://microlepidoptera.nl/soorten/species.php?speciescode=190030&p=1 . 2011-05-01 . dead .
  3. Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf Keys and description
  4. https://ukmoths.org.uk/show.php?bf=394 UKmoths
  5. http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/yponomeutoidea/glyphipterigidae/glyphipteriginae/glyphipterix/index.html Glyphipterix at funet
  6. http://www.lepiforum.de/cgi-bin/lepiwiki.pl?Glyphipterix_Forsterella lepiforum.de
  7. https://archive.today/20120717184833/http://webh01.ua.ac.be/vve/Checklists/Lepidoptera/Glyphipterigidae/Gforsterella.htm Lepidoptera of Belgium

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