Ortholepis vacciniella

Ortholepis vacciniella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Ortholepis
Species:
O. vacciniella
Binomial name
Ortholepis vacciniella
(Lienig & Zeller, 1847)
Synonyms
  • Epischnia vacciniella Lienig & Zeller, 1847

Ortholepis vacciniella is a species of snout moth described by Friederike Lienig and Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1847.[1] It is found in Germany, Denmark, Poland, the Baltic region, Russia and Fennoscandia.[2]

The wingspan is 12–18 mm.[3]

The larvae feed on Vaccinium and dwarf birch (Betula nana).[4]

  1. ^ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved August 23, 2017.
  2. ^ Fauna Europaea
  3. ^ Swedish Moths
  4. ^ Savela, Markku. "Ortholepis Ragonot, 1887". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 24, 2017.