Misplaced Pages

Incurvaria vetulella

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Species of moth

Incurvaria vetulella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Incurvariidae
Genus: Incurvaria
Species: I. vetulella
Binomial name
Incurvaria vetulella
(Zetterstedt, 1839)
Synonyms
  • Adela vetulella Zetterstedt, 1839
  • Incurvaria kivatshella Kutenkova, 1987

Incurvaria vetulella is a moth of the family Incurvariidae. It is found in Fennoscandia, Russia, Germany, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria, Switzerland, Slovenia, Romania and Bulgaria. In the east, the range extends to Japan.

The wingspan is 16–21 mm. Adults are on wing from June to July.

The larvae feed on Vaccinium species, including Vaccinium myrtillus and Vaccinium vitis-idaea.

References

  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. Japanese Moths
  3. Swedish Moths
  4. Distributional records and biological notes on Japanese species of the family Incurvariidae (Lepidoptera)

External links

Taxon identifiers
Incurvaria vetulella


Stub icon

This article relating to the superfamily Adeloidea is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories:
Incurvaria vetulella Add topic