Glyphipterix equitella

rdf:langString Glyphipterix equitella

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rdf:langString *Phalaena equitella (Scopoli, 1763) *Glyphipteryx crassilunella (Rebel, 1916) *Aechmia majorella (von Heinemann & Wocke, [1876]) *Aechmia minorella (Snellen, 1882) *Glyphipterix minorella *Glyphipteryx zermattensis (Amsel, 1933) *Glyphipteryx sexguttella (Toll, 1936)

rdf:langString Glyphipterix equitella

rdf:langString Glyphipterix equitella is a moth of the family Glyphipterigidae. It is found from Fennoscandia to the Iberian Peninsula, Sardinia, Sicily and Crete and from Ireland to Romania. The wingspan is 9–10 mm. The forewings are dark bronzy fuscous; from five to seven white streaks from posterior half of costa, first markedly broadest and most oblique, others sometimesbright leaden -metallic in disc ; a curved very oblique white streak from middle of dorsum, reaching half across wing ; an erect silvery-metallic mark before tornus ; a silvery-metallic mark along tornal margin ; a blackish apical spot ; dark line of cilia indented below apex ; a dark hook above apex. Hindwings are grey.The larva is pale yellow; head and plate of 2 black Adults are on wing from June to July in one generation per year. The larvae feed on Sedum acre and Sedum anglicum. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The larva mines out a leaf completely and often also mines part of the stem. Pupation takes place outside of the mine. Full-grown larvae can be found in late May. The larvae are pale yellow with a black head.