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Vulcaniella pomposella

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Vulcaniella pomposella is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found from France, the Baltic Region and Ukraine to the Mediterranean region.

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Vulcaniella pomposella
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cosmopterigidae
Genus: Vulcaniella
Species:
V. pomposella
Binomial name
Vulcaniella pomposella
(Zeller, 1839)
Synonyms
  • Elachista pomposella Zeller, 1839
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The wingspan is 8–10 mm. Adults are on wing from the beginning of May to the beginning of July. There are probably two generations per year.

The larvae feed on Helichrysum arenarium and Hieracium pilosella. They mine the leaves of their host plant.


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