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Phaulernis dentella (also known as the scale-tooth lance-wing) is a moth of the family Epermeniidae found in Asia and Europe. The moth was first described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1839.

Phaulernis dentella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Epermeniidae
Genus:	Phaulernis
Species:	P. dentella
Binomial name
Phaulernis dentella (Zeller, 1839)[1]
Synonyms
Aechmia dentella Zeller, 1839 Aechmia subdentella Stainton, 1849

Description

The wingspan is 9–10 mm. The forewings are blackish-brown, with a scattering of white scales and there is a distinct tuft on the dorsum.[2] There is one generation per year with adults on wing in June and can occasionally be seen on the flowers of the larval foodplant.[3][4]

The larvae feed on the seeds of burnet-saxifrage (Pimpinella saxifraga), bulbous chervil (Chaerophyllum bulbosum), rough chervil (Chaerophyllum temulum), ground elder (Aegopodium podagraria), hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium) and wild angelica (Angelica sylvestris).[5] The larvae are yellowish with a dark brown head and live within seeds that are spun together. Larvae can be found from July and August.[4] The species overwinters in the pupal stage in an open network cocoon.[2]

Distribution

It is found in central and eastern Europe, the Caucasus and western Siberia.[6]

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