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| Haworth's glyphipterid moth | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Glyphipterigidae |
| Genus: | Glyphipterix |
| Species: | G. haworthana |
| Binomial name | |
| Glyphipterix haworthana | |
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Glyphipterix haworthana, Haworth's glyphipterid moth, is a moth of the family Glyphipterigidae. It is found in most of Europe, as well as North America.
The wingspan is 11–15 mm.[2] The forewings are rather broad, dark golden-bronzy; five shining white strigulae on posterior half of costa, three anterior terminating in leaden metallic marks; a thick oblique curved pointed white streak from middle of dorsum, reaching more than half across wing;a leaden-metallic tornal mark, white on margin; three leaden metallic dots on termen; an undefined dark apical spot; dark line of cilia indented below apex; a dark hook above apex. Hindwings are suboblong, grey; cilia in male whitish.The larva is pale ochreous; head dark brown : plate of 2 brownish-ochreous.[3]
Adults are on wing in May. It is a day-flying species.
The larvae feed on Eriophorum species.[4] They feed on the seeds of their host plant, spinning the cotton heads together or to nearby vegetation.
The name honours Adrian Hardy Haworth.
References
[edit]- ↑ Fauna Europaea[dead link]
- ↑ Hants Moths
- ↑ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description - ↑ UKmoths