Ochromolopis ictella | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Epermeniidae |
Genus: | Ochromolopis |
Species: | O. ictella
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Binomial name | |
Ochromolopis ictella (Hübner, 1813)
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Ochromolopis ictella is a moth of the family Epermeniidae. It is found from Finland to the Iberian Peninsula, Italy and Greece and from France to Ukraine.[1] It is also found in North Africa.[2]
The larvae feed on Thesium species, including Thesium bavarum. They initially mine the leaves of their host plant.[4] Larvae are greenish with a pale brown head.