Hypatima rhomboidella

Hypatima rhomboidella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Hypatima
Species:	H. rhomboidella
Binomial name
	Hypatima rhomboidella; (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
	Phalaena rhomboidella Linnaeus, 1758; Chelaria hübnerella Donovan, 1804; Tinea conscriptella Hübner, [1805]; Chelaria conscripta Haworth, 1828;

The lobster-clawed moth (Hypatima rhomboidella) is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It is found in most of Europe, except for the Iberian Peninsula and most of the Balkan Peninsula. In the east, the range extends to Siberia and Taiwan.^[1]

The wingspan is about 18 mm. Adults are on wing from late July and September.

The larvae feed on Betula and Corylus avellana.

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