Lampronia pubicornis is a moth of the family Prodoxidae. It is found in Ireland, Great Britain, France, Spain, Germany, Austria, Hungary and on Sicily, in addition to Venice and occasionally mainland Italy.[2]
Lampronia pubicornis | |
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Prodoxidae |
Genus: | Lampronia |
Species: | L. pubicornis |
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Lampronia pubicornis (Haworth, 1828) | |
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The wingspan is 12–14 mm.[3] Head pale yellowish. Forewings relatively broader and with termen less oblique than in Lampronia tenuicornis, shining fuscous. Hindwings with hair-scales, grey.[4]
The larvae feed on within the young shoots of Rosa pimpinellifolia.
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