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Acompsia cinerella, the ash-coloured sober, is a small lepidopteran species of the twirler moth family (Gelechiidae). It is the type species of the genus Acompsia, once assigned to the subfamily Anacampsinae but generally placed in the Dichomeridinae. The species was first described by Carl Alexander Clerck in 1759.

Specimen from North Wales
Specimen from North Wales

Acompsia cinerella
Upperside
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Acompsia
Species:
A. cinerella
Binomial name
Acompsia cinerella
(Clerck, 1759) [1]
Synonyms
  • Phalaena cinerella Clerck, 1759
  • Phalaena murinella Scopoli, 1763
  • Tinea ardeliella Hübner, 1817
  • Recurvaria cinerea Haworth, 1828
  • Lita spodiella Treitschke, 1833

Distribution


This species can be found in most of Europe, except for Portugal and Iceland.[1]


Habitat


These moths inhabit a variety of areas, preferably with rich vegetation or bushes.[2]


Description


Acompsia cinerella has a wingspan of 16–19 mm. These moths have long upwardly-curved labial palps. The forewings show a brownish colour, without any marking.[3] This species is rather similar to Helcystogramma rufescens.[4]


Biology


There are two generations per year, as it is a bivoltine species. Adults are on wing from May to September. The larvae feed on moss present on trunks of broad leaves trees, often at the base of the tree.[3][5][6]


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