Tischeria ekebladella

Tischeria ekebladella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tischeriidae
Genus:	Tischeria
Species:	T. ekebladella
Binomial name
	Tischeria ekebladella; (Bjerkander, 1795)
Synonyms
	Phalaena ekebladella Bjerkander, 1795; Tinea complanella Hubner, 1817; Tischeria complanella; Porrectaria rufipennis Haworth, 1828; Aphelosetia rufipennella Stephens, 1834; Aphelosetia fulvescens Stephens, 1834; Tinea ricciardella Costa, 1836;

Tischeria ekebladella is a moth of the family Tischeriidae. It is found in most of Europe and the Caucasus.

The wingspan is 8–11 mm. The forewings are deep ochreous yellow, suffusedly irrorated with fuscous towards the costa posteriorly and apex. Hindwings rather dark grey. Closely resembles Tischeria dodonea. Certain identification requires examination of a genitalia preparation. ^[1]^[2]

Adults are on wing from May to June depending on the location.

The larvae feed on Castanea mollissima, C. sativa, Quercus cerris, Q. dalechampii, Q. faginea, Q. frainetto, Q. macranthera, Q. macrocarpa, Q. macrolepis, Q. pedunculiflora, Q. petraea, Q. pubescens, Q. robur, Q. rubra and Q. serrata × turneri. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

^ Heath, J. and Emmet, A.M. (Eds), 1976 The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland. Vol. 1: Micropterigidae to Heliozelidae
^ lepiforum.de includes images This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.