Lypusa tokari is a moth of the Lypusidae family. It is found in Austria, Hungary, northern Italy, Bulgaria, Albania and in Slovakia. The habitat consists of warm, grassy, dry, sandy habitats mainly in oak tree forests or heath.

Lypusa tokari
Lypusa-tokari, 2014
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lypusidae
Genus:	Lypusa
Species:	L. tokari
Binomial name
Lypusa tokari Elsner, Liska & Petru, 2008[1]

It is virtually identical in appearance to Lypusa maurella, but more robust and slightly larger. It is however easily distinguished by the genitalia in both sexes. The length of the forewings is 7.5-8.1 mm for males and 8.2–9 mm for females.[2]

Adults are on wing from mid-April to early June.

The larvae possibly feed on stone lichens.

References

External links

• lepiforum.de

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