Glyphipterix bergstraesserella is a moth of the family Glyphipterigidae. It is found in most of Europe, except Ireland, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Portugal, most of the Balkan Peninsula and Ukraine.[1]
Glyphipterix bergstraesserella | |
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Glyphipterigidae |
Genus: | Glyphipterix |
Species: | G. bergstraesserella |
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Glyphipterix bergstraesserella (Fabricius, 1781) | |
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The wingspan is 10–15 mm. Adults are on wing from May to July and in October.[2]
The larvae feed on Luzula luzuloides.[3] They bore the stem of their host plant.
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