Heliozela resplendella

Heliozela resplendella
Heliozela resplendella Fenn's Moss, North Wales,
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Heliozelidae
Genus: Heliozela
Species:
H. resplendella
Binomial name
Heliozela resplendella
(Stainton, 1851)[1]
Synonyms
  • Aechmia resplendella Stainton, 1851

Heliozela resplendella is a moth of the Heliozelidae family. It is found from Fennoscandia and northern Russia to the Pyrenees, Alps and Romania and from Ireland to the Baltic region.

Young alder leaf, showing the early mine of a young larva (1b); developed alder leaf, showing the blotch mine of the adult larva, and another mine whence the oval case has been cut out (1b*)
Larva

The wingspan is 5–7 mm. The head is dark bronzy. The forewings are dark greyish-bronze with a white dorsal spot towards base, and another beyond middle. The hindwings are rather dark brassy grey.[2] [3][4][5] [6][7]

Adults are on wing from late May to July in one generation per year.[8]

The larvae feed on Alnus glutinosa, Alnus glutinosa x incana and Alnus incana. They mine the leaves of their host plant.[9] Larvae can be found from June and July to October. When full-grown, they cut out an oval case, in which they descend to the ground to pupate.

References

  1. ^ Fauna Europaea
  2. ^ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description
  3. ^ Heath, J., ed. 1976 The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland Vol. 1
  4. ^ Langmaid, J. R., Palmer, S. M. & Young, M. R. [eds]. 2018 A Field Guide to the Smaller Moths of Great Britain and Ireland [3rd ed.]Reading, Berkshire. British Entomological and Natural History Society
  5. ^ lepiforum.de includes imagesPublic Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  6. ^ Sterling, P. and Parsons, M. 2012 Field Guide to the Micro Moths of Great Britain and Ireland Dorset British Wildlife Publishing, 2012 ISBN 10: 0956490212 / ISBN 13: 9780956490216 - 2nd edition (Bloomsbury Wildlife Guides)
  7. ^ Kuznetsov, V.I.' 1987 Heliozelidae; in G.S. Medvedev (ed.): Keys to the insects of the europaean part of the USSR, Vol.IV: Lepidoptera, part 1 (english translation), Oxonian Press Pvt.Ltd., New Dehli, 1987
  8. ^ Ukmoths
  9. ^ "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2012-07-18. Retrieved 2011-10-24.


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