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Ochromolopis ictella is a moth of the family Epermeniidae. It is found from Finland to the Iberian Peninsula, Italy and Greece and from France to Ukraine.[1] It is also found in North Africa.[2]

Ochromolopis ictella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Epermeniidae
Genus:	Ochromolopis
Species:	O. ictella
Binomial name
Ochromolopis ictella (Hübner, 1813)
Synonyms
Tinea ictella Hübner, 1813 Epermenia ictella Ornix ictipennella Treitschke, 1833

The wingspan is 11–13 mm.[3]

The larvae feed on Thesium species, including Thesium bavarum. They initially mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a short, full depth, irregular, linear mine. A single larva may make several mines. Older larvae live freely on the plant under some spinning.[4] Larvae are greenish with a pale brown head.

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