Lampronia corticella

"Tinea corticella" redirects here. This name was also invalidy established 1834 by Curtis for Nemaxera betulinella, and in 1848 by Tengström for Infurcitinea ignicomella.

Lampronia corticella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Prodoxidae
Genus:	Lampronia
Species:	L. corticella
Binomial name
Lampronia corticella (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
Phalaena (Tinea) corticella Linnaeus, 1758 Tinea corticella Linnaeus, 1758 Tinea rubiella Bjerkander, 1781 Lampronia rubiella Bjerkander, 1781 Tinea variella (Fabricius, 1794) Lampronia multipunctella Duponchel, 1838

Lampronia corticella, the raspberry moth, is a moth of the family Prodoxidae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae. It is found in most of Europe, except Iceland, the Iberian Peninsula and the Balkan Peninsula. It is an introduced species in North America, where it was first detected in New Brunswick, Canada, in 1936.

The wingspan is 10–12 mm.

The larvae feed on Rubus species.

External links

• Kimber, Ian. "9.003 BF136 Raspberry Moth Lampronia corticella (Linnaeus, 1758)". UKMoths. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
• Murray, Tom (10 December 2016). "Species Lampronia corticella - Raspberry Bud Moth - Hodges#0180.1". BugGuide. Retrieved July 1, 2019.
• Swedish Moths
• Lepiforum e.V.