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Opostega spatulella

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Opostega spatulella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Opostegidae
Genus: Opostega
Species:
O. spatulella
Binomial name
Opostega spatulella
Synonyms
  • Opostega bimaculatella Rothschild, 1912
  • Opostega costantiniella Costantini, 1923
  • Opostega heringella Mariani, 1937

Opostega spatulella is a moth of the family Opostegidae. It is known from France, the Iberian Peninsula, Italy, Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Greece and Bosnia and Herzegovina.[1] It is thought to be extinct in Great Britain.[2] It is also found in the eastern part of the Palearctic ecozone (including Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan) and the Near East.

The wingspan is 9–11 mm. Adults are on wing from August to June and hibernate from October to April.[3] There is one generation per year.

The larvae are known to feed on Ulmus and Salix species. They mine the bark of their host plant.

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