Acompsia cinerella
| Ash-coloured sober | |
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| Upperside | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Acompsia |
| Species: | A. cinerella
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| Binomial name | |
| Acompsia cinerella | |
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Acompsia cinerella, the ash-coloured sober, is a small lepidopteran species of the twirler moth family (Gelechiidae). It is the type species of the genus Acompsia, once assigned to the subfamily Anacampsinae but generally placed in the Dichomeridinae. The species was first described by Carl Alexander Clerck in 1759.
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Distribution
[edit]This species can be found in most of Europe, except for Portugal and Iceland.[1]
Habitat
[edit]These moths inhabit a variety of areas, preferably with rich vegetation or bushes.[2]
Description
[edit]Acompsia cinerella has a wingspan of 16–19 mm. These moths have long upwardly-curved labial palps. The forewings show a brownish colour, without any marking.[3] This species is rather similar to Helcystogramma rufescens.[4] Meyrick describes it - Forewings rather light greyish-brown ; stigmata sometimes faintly darker. Hindwings grey.[5] [6] [7][8] [9]
Biology
[edit]There are two generations per year, as it is a bivoltine species. Adults are on wing from May to September. The larvae feed on moss present on trunks of broad leaves trees, often at the base of the tree.[3][10][11]
Bibliography
[edit]- Erstbeschreibung: Clerck, C. (1759): Icones Insectorum rariorum Cum Nominibus eorum trivialibus, locisqve e C. LinnaeiArch. R. et Eqv. Aur. Syst. Nat. allegatis. Sectio Prima: [8 unpaginierte Textseiten], pl. 1-16. Holmiae. — Digitalisat der Bibliothèque nationale de France.
- Lectotypus-Festlegung: Robinson, G. S. & E. Schmidt Nielsen (1983): The Microlepidoptera described by Linnaeus and Clerck. — Systematic Entomology 8: 191–242.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Fauna Europaea
- ^ Nature Spot
- ^ a b Kimber, Ian. "35.026 BF855 Acompsia cinerella (Clerck, 1759)". UKMoths. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
- ^ "35.026 [B&F: 0855] Acompsia cinerella (Clerck, 1759)". Hantsmoths. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
- ^ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description
- ^ Heath, J.,ed. 1976 The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland Vol. 4 Part 2
- ^ Langmaid, J. R., Palmer, S. M. & Young, M. R. [eds]. 2018 A Field Guide to the Smaller Moths of Great Britain and Ireland [3rd ed.]Reading, Berkshire. British Entomological and Natural History Society
- ^ lepiforum.de includes images This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Sterling, P. and Parsons,M. 2012 Field Guide to the Micro Moths of Great Britain and Ireland Dorset British Wildlife Publishing, 2012 ISBN 10: 0956490212 / ISBN 13: 9780956490216 - 2nd edition (Bloomsbury Wildlife Guides)
- ^ "LOT Moths and Butterflies". Archived from the original on 2017-09-14. Retrieved 2017-09-14.
- ^ Keys to the Insects of the European Part of the USSR.: Lepidoptera. Part II
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