Tinagma balteolella explained

Tinagma balteolella is a moth in the Douglasiidae family. It is found in Great Britain, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, Spain, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania, Poland, Lithuania and Ukraine.[1] It is also found in Morocco and Jordan.

The wingspan is 8mm9mm.

The larvae feed on Echium vulgare and Echium biebersteini. They mine the stems of their host plant.[2] The species overwinters in a cocoon.[3]

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20140524022854/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=434244 Fauna Europaea
  2. , 2007 (2009): Some new and interesting Microlepidoptera from the collection of the Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig (ZFMK), Bonn (Lepidoptera: Tineidae, Epermeniidae, Acrolepiidae, Douglasiidae). Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 56 (1-2): 101-106. Full article: Web site: Archived copy . 2012-02-27 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120227040711/http://www.zfmk.de/BZB/BzB_56_1_09_Gaedike.pdf . 2012-02-27 .
  3. http://www.hantsmoths.org.uk/species/0399.php Hants Moths

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