Vulcaniella grabowiella

Vulcaniella grabowiella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Subkingdom:	Eumetazoa
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Hexapoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Division:	Ditrysia
Section:	Tineina
Family:	Cosmopterigidae
Genus:	Vulcaniella
Species:	V. grabowiella
Binomial name
	Vulcaniella grabowiella; (Staudinger, 1859)
Synonyms
	Pancalia grabowiella Staudinger, 1859;

Vulcaniella grabowiella is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is found from the Iberian Peninsula to Asia Minor.

The wingspan is 7–9 mm.^[1]

The larvae feed on various Lamiaceae species, including Lavandula stoechas, Thymus vulgaris and Thymus algeriensis numidicus. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The create a mine without frass. The larva lives free on the plant in a case made of silk and densely covered with frass grains. The case resembles a Coleophora case, but is less regularly constructed. At times, larvae also spin leaves together.

References

^ J. C. Koster, S. Yu. Sinev: Momphidae, Batrachedridae, Stathmopodidae, Agonoxenidae, Cosmopterigidae, Chrysopeleiidae. In: P. Huemer, O. Karsholt, L. Lyneborg (Hrsg.): Microlepidoptera of Europe. 1. Auflage. Band 5, Apollo Books, Stenstrup 2003, ISBN 87-88757-66-8, S. 154.

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[1] J. C. Koster, S. Yu. Sinev: Momphidae, Batrachedridae, Stathmopodidae, Agonoxenidae, Cosmopterigidae, Chrysopeleiidae. In: P. Huemer, O. Karsholt, L. Lyneborg (Hrsg.): Microlepidoptera of Europe. 1. Auflage. Band 5, Apollo Books, Stenstrup 2003, ISBN 87-88757-66-8, S. 154.

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