Phaulernis fulviguttella

Phaulernis fulviguttella, the yellow-spotted lance-wing, is a moth of the family Epermeniidae found in the Palearctic including Europe.

Yellow-spotted lance-wing
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Epermeniidae
Genus: Phaulernis
Species:
P. fulviguttella
Binomial name
Phaulernis fulviguttella
(Zeller, 1839)[1]
Synonyms
  • Oecophora fulviguttella Zeller, 1839
  • Oecophora flavimaculella Stainton, 1849
  • Oecophora auromaculata Frey, 1867
  • Phaulernis monticola Moriuti, 1982

Description

The wingspan is 10–11 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous ; a spot on dorsum towards tornus, and another in disc posteriorly pale ochreous-yellow. The hindwings are dark fuscous. The larva is whitish ; head brownish. [2]

There is one generation per year with adults on wing from July to August.[3]

The larvae feed on the seeds of Peucedanum, Angelica, Heracleum and Pimpinella species, as well as Scots lovage (Ligusticum scoticum). The larvae are white with grey spots and a dark head, living within spun seeds and can be found from September to October. The species overwinters in the pupal stage within a flimsy cocoon on the ground.[4]

Distribution

It is found in most of Europe, the Caucasus, the Russian Far East and Japan.[5]

Taxonomy

Phaulernis fulviguttella was the scientific name used by Philipp Christoph Zeller when he described a specimen found in Bohmen, Mecklenburg, Germany in 1839. Zeller originally placed Phaulernis fulviguttella in the genus Oecophora as did Stainton in 1849 and Frey in 1867, when they also described the moth, not knowing about Zeller's earlier description.[4]

References
  1. "Phaulernis fulviguttella (Zeller, 1839)". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
  2. Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description
  3. microlepidoptera.nl Archived 2013-11-11 at the Wayback Machine
  4. Godfay, H C J; Sterling, P H (1996). Epermeniidae. In Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland. Volume 3. Colchester: Harley Books. pp. 117–8. ISBN 0 946589 56 9.
  5. Faunistics of the Epermeniidae from the former USSR (Epermeniidae) Archived 2013-12-03 at the Wayback Machine


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