Tinagma ocnerostomellum
| Bugloss spear wing | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Douglasiidae |
| Genus: | Tinagma |
| Species: | T. ocnerostomellum |
| Binomial name | |
| Tinagma ocnerostomellum (Stainton, 1850) | |
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Tinagma ocnerostomellum, the bugloss spear wing, is a moth in the family Douglasiidae. It is found in Great Britain, Portugal, Spain, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, the Republic of Macedonia, Greece, Norway, Sweden, Finland, the Baltic region, Ukraine and on Sicily and Crete.[1]
The wingspan is 8–9 mm.[2] Adults are fuscous, lightly speckled with white scales. Adults are on wing in June and July. They are active during the day.
The larvae feed on Echium vulgare, from inside the stem. They feed on the pith of their host plant.[3]
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