Anchinia cristalis

Anchinia cristalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Anchinia
Species: A. cristalis
Binomial name
Anchinia cristalis
(Scopoli, 1763)[1]
Synonyms
  • Phalaena cristalis Scopoli, 1763
  • Tinea verrucella Denis & Schiffermüller , 1775
  • Tinea hepaticella Hübner, 1796
  • Tinea cneorella Hübner, [1810]
  • Anchinia cristalis kuriliensis Lvovsky, 1990

Anchinia cristalis is a species of moth of the Depressariidae family. It is found in most of Europe (except most of the Balkan Peninsula, Portugal, Great Britain, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway, Finland and Ukraine) east to the eastern parts of the Palearctic ecozone.

The wingspan is 14–19 mm.[2] Adults are on wing from late May to early July.

The larvae live between spun leaves of Thymelaea passerina, Daphne mezereum and Daphne laureola.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  2. ↑ European Butterflies and Moths
  3. ↑ Lepidoptera of Belgium

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