Ochromolopis ictella
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Epermeniidae |
| Genus: | Ochromolopis |
| Species: | O. ictella |
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| 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.
References
- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ Faunistics of the Epermeniidae from the former USSR (Epermeniidae) Archived 2013-12-03 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Ochromolopis ictella - Ochrana přírody a krajiny v Hlavním městě Praze". Archived from the original on 2012-04-02. Retrieved 2011-10-25.
- ^ "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2013-08-24. Retrieved 2011-10-25.