Ochromolopis ictella

Ochromolopis ictella is a moth of the family Epermeniidae. It is found from Finland to the Iberian Peninsula, Italy and Greece and from France to Ukraine.[1] It is also found in North Africa.[2]

A shoot of Thesium montanum drawn together by larva
Larva

Ochromolopis ictella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Epermeniidae
Genus:
Ochromolopis
Species:
O. ictella
Binomial name
Ochromolopis ictella
(Hübner, 1813)
Synonyms
  • Tinea ictella Hübner, 1813
  • Epermenia ictella
  • Ornix ictipennella Treitschke, 1833

The wingspan is 11–13 mm.[3]

The larvae feed on Thesium species, including Thesium bavarum. They initially mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a short, full depth, irregular, linear mine. A single larva may make several mines. Older larvae live freely on the plant under some spinning.[4] Larvae are greenish with a pale brown head.

References
  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. Faunistics of the Epermeniidae from the former USSR (Epermeniidae) Archived 2013-12-03 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Ochromolopis ictella - Ochrana přírody a krajiny v Hlavním městě Praze
  4. bladmineerders.nl


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