Alabonia staintoniella
Alabonia staintoniella | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Oecophoridae |
Genus: | Alabonia |
Species: | A. staintoniella
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Binomial name | |
Alabonia staintoniella (Zeller, 1850)
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Alabonia staintoniella is a species of gelechioid moth. Here, it is placed within the subfamily Oecophorinae of the concealer moth family (Oecophoridae). Alternatively it has been placed in the Elachistidae or Depressariinae together with its presumed closest relatives.[1]
Description
Alabonia staintoniella has a wingspan of 17–21 millimetres (0.67–0.83 in). This little diurnal moth shows yellowish-brown hindwings, with silvery markings, two triangular white spots on the costal and on the inner edge and a blackish fringe. It presents very long labial palps
This species is very similar to Alabonia geoffrella, but it can be distinguished by the lack of dark lines in the terminal part of the wings.
The adults fly from July to August depending on the location.
Distribution and habitat
Alabonia staintoniella can be found in Europe and in the Near East. These moths live in shrubbery rich areas.[2][3]
References
- ^ Pitkin & Jenkins (2004), and see references in Savela (2001)
- ^ Fauna europaea
- ^ Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
- Grabe, Albert (1942): Eigenartige Geschmacksrichtungen bei Kleinschmetterlingsraupen ["Strange tastes among micromoth caterpillars"]. Zeitschrift des Wiener Entomologen-Vereins 27: 105-109 [in German]. PDF fulltext
External links
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- Oecophorinae
- Moths of Europe
- Moths described in 1850