Glyphipterix forsterella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Glyphipterigidae
Genus: Glyphipterix
Species:
G. forsterella
Binomial name
Glyphipterix forsterella
(Fabricius, 1781)
Synonyms
  • Tinea forsterella Fabricius, 1781
  • Aechmia lucasella Duponchel, 1838
  • Glyphiptryx variella Zeller, 1850 (nec Fabricius, 1794)
  • Aechmia oculatella Zeller, 1850
  • Glyphipteryx albimaculella von Heinemann, 1877
  • Glyphipterix forsterella f. nivicaput Diakonoff, 1979

Glyphipterix forsterella is a moth of the family Glyphipterigidae. It is found from most of Europe (except most of the Balkan Peninsula, Portugal and Ukraine),[1] east to Japan.

The wingspan is 11–15 mm (0.43–0.59 in).[2] The forewings are rather broad, dark bronzy - fuscous ; five white streaks from posterior half of costa, second becoming silvery-metallic and reaching beyond middle ; a broader slightly curved oblique white mark from middle of dorsum, reaching half across wing a short white mark before tornus ; two or three silvery-metallic dots about tornus; a black apical spot enclosing a silvery- metallic dot ; dark line of cilia indented below apex ; a dark hook above apex. Hindwings are grey.[3]

Adults are on wing from May to June and feed on the flowers of the larval host plant.[4] There is one generation per year.

The larvae feed on the seeds of Carex species, including Carex vulpina[5] and Carex remota.[6] The species overwinters in the larval stage within the spikes of the host plant.[7]

Subspecies

  • Glyphipterix forsterella forsterella
  • Glyphipterix forsterella albimaculella von Heinemann, 1876 (Central Europe)
  • Glyphipterix forsterella nivicaput Diakonoff, 1979 (Japan: Honshu)

References

  1. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  2. ↑ "microlepidoptera.nl". Archived from the original on 2011-05-01. Retrieved 2012-04-10.
  3. ↑ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description
  4. ↑ UKmoths
  5. ↑ Glyphipterix at funet Archived 2012-04-16 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ↑ lepiforum.de
  7. ↑ Lepidoptera of Belgium


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