Heliozela resplendella
Species of moth
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Heliozela resplendella is a moth of the Heliozelidae family. It is found from Fennoscandia and northern Russia to the Pyrenees, Alps and Romania and from Ireland to the Baltic region.
| Heliozela resplendella | |
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| Heliozela resplendella Fenn's Moss, North Wales, | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Heliozelidae |
| Genus: | Heliozela |
| Species: | H. resplendella |
| Binomial name | |
| Heliozela resplendella | |
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The wingspan is 5–7 mm. The head is dark bronzy. The forewings are dark greyish-bronze with a white dorsal spot towards base, and another beyond middle. The hindwings are rather dark brassy grey.[2] [3][4][5] [6][7]
Adults are on wing from late May to July in one generation per year.[8]
The larvae feed on Alnus glutinosa, Alnus glutinosa x incana and Alnus incana. They mine the leaves of their host plant.[9] Larvae can be found from June and July to October. When full-grown, they cut out an oval case, in which they descend to the ground to pupate.
