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Incurvaria oehlmanniella is a moth of the family Incurvariidae. It is found in Europe and across the Palearctic to eastern Siberia.

Incurvaria oehlmanniella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Incurvariidae
Genus:	Incurvaria
Species:	I. oehlmanniella
Binomial name
Incurvaria oehlmanniella (Hübner, 1796)
Synonyms
Tinea oehlmanniella Hübner, 1796

Its wingspan is 12–16 mm. Head deep ochreous yellow. Forewings dark bronzy-fuscous, mixed with purplish ; a subtriangular dorsal spot before middle, a smaller one before tornus, and a third sometimes nearly obsolete on costa at 3/4 pale yellowish. Hindwings rather dark purplish-grey.[1]It flies from April to July, depending on the location.

The larvae feed on bilberry, cloudberry, Swida and Prunus.

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External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Incurvaria oehlmanniella.

• Incurvaria oehlmanniella at UKmoths
• Lepidoptera of Belgium
• Lepiforum.de
• bladmineerders.nl (in Dutch)

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