Batrachedra parvulipunctella

Batrachedra parvulipunctella is a species of moth of the family Batrachedridae. It is found in southern Europe and North Africa.[2]

Batrachedra parvulipunctella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Batrachedridae
Genus:
Batrachedra
Species:
B. parvulipunctella
Binomial name
Batrachedra parvulipunctella
Synonyms
  • Eustaintonia phragmitidella Mariani, 1936

Adults are on wing from May to June and again from July to September in two generations per year.

The larvae live in white silky cases, feeding on the waxy secretions of Coccoidea species (including Aclerda berlesii) which occur on Phragmitis australis and Arundo donax.

References
  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. Faunistic notes on Momphidae, Batrachedridae, Stathmopodidae and Cosmopterigidae from the Maltese Islands Archived 2012-03-20 at the Wayback Machine


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