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Acompsia cinerella
Acompsia cinerella, upperside
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Acompsia
Species:
A. cinerella
Binomial name
Acompsia cinerella
(Clerck, 1759) [1]
Synonyms
  • Phalaena cinerella Clerck, 1759
  • Phalaena murinella Scopoli, 1763
  • Tinea ardeliella Hübner, 1817
  • Recurvaria cinerea Haworth, 1828
  • Lita spodiella Treitschke, 1833

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.

Specimen from North Wales

Distribution

This species can be found in most of Europe, except for Portugal and Iceland.[1]

Habitat

These moths inhabit a variety of areas, preferably with rich vegetation or bushes.[2]

Description

Acompsia cinerella has a wingspan of 16–19 mm. These moths have long upwardly-curved labial palps. The forewings show a brownish color, without any marking.[3] This species is rather similar to Helcystogramma rufescens.[4]

Biology

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][5][6]

Bibliography

  • 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

  1. ^ a b Fauna europaea
  2. ^ Nature Spot
  3. ^ a b UK Moths
  4. ^ Hants Moths
  5. ^ LOT Moths and butterflies
  6. ^ Keys to the Insects of the European Part of the USSR.: Lepidoptera. Part II
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