Epermenia insecurella

Chalk-hill lance-wing
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Epermeniidae
Genus: Epermenia
Species: E. insecurella
Binomial name
Epermenia insecurella
(Stainton, 1854)[1]
Synonyms
  • Elachista insecurella Stainton, 1854
  • Epermenia insecurellus
  • Elachista dentosella Herrich-Schäffer, 1854
  • Epermenia dentosella
  • Epermenia plumbeella Rebel, 1915

Epermenia insecurella, the chalk-hill lance-wing, is a moth of the family Epermeniidae. It is found in most of Europe, Asia Minor, the Near East and Mongolia.[2]

The wingspan is 9–11 mm.[3] Adults have been recorded on wing from September to October.[4]

The larvae feed on Thesium humifusum. They initially mine the leaves of their host plant. Young larvae make a small, full depth, irregular corridor mine. Older larvae live free on the host plant.[5] Larvae can be found from April to June and again in July. They are yellow with a shining black head.

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