Micropterix aureoviridella
Micropterix aureoviridella is a moth of the family Micropterigidae found in Austria, Germany, Italy, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia and Switzerland. It was first described by Gabriel Höfner in 1898.[1]
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Micropterigidae |
| Genus: | Micropterix |
| Species: | M. aureoviridella |
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| Micropterix aureoviridella (Höfner, 1898) | |
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The wingspan is about 7 millimetres (0.28 in). Adults are on wing from the end of May to July. It prefers open and dry habitats on southerly facing slopes, margins of light spruce forest with interspersed rocks, margins of forest and scrubs in mountainous areas, as well as in elfin woodland. It has also been found in sub-alpine dwarf scrub.
The adults feed on some shrubs, including Pinus mugo.
References
- "Micropterix aureoviridella (Höfner, 1898)". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
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