Bedellia ehikella

Bedellia ehikella is a moth in the family Bedelliidae. It is found in Ukraine, Spain, Sardinia, Italy, Croatia, the Czech Republic and Hungary.

Bedellia ehikella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Bedelliidae
Genus: Bedellia
Species:
B. ehikella
Binomial name
Bedellia ehikella
Szöcs, 1967

Adults are on wing from late March to mid-May and again from July to September in Ukraine.

The larvae feed on Convolvulus cantabrica. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine starts as a narrow tortuous corridor with a central frass line, that often cuts off part of the leaf. Later, larvae leave the mine and begin to make a series of full depth fleck mines. Pupation takes place outside of the leaf.


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