Anthophila alpinella: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Choreutidae
- Genus
- Anthophila
- Species
- Anthophila alpinella
- Scientific Name
- Anthophila alpinella
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Anthophila alpinella
Anthophila alpinella is a moth of the family Choreutidae. It is found from the north-eastern United States and southern Canada to British Columbia, the Rocky Mountains, and along the Pacific Coast to Marin County, California.
The forewings are cream with heavy brown dusting.
In Canada, adults have been recorded from early June to early July and in September.
The larvae feed on Urtica species, including Urtica dioica. They form a web at the tip of a leaf of their host plant. Larvae can be found in April, July and August.
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Sibling Taxa
- Anthophila abhasica
- Anthophila achyrodes
- Anthophila alpinella
- Anthophila armata
- Anthophila bidzilyai
- Anthophila cinctipes
- Anthophila colchica
- Anthophila decolorana
- Anthophila emplecta
- Anthophila equatoris
- Anthophila fabriciana
- Anthophila filipjevi
- Anthophila flavimaculata
- Anthophila halimora
- Anthophila ialeura
- Anthophila latarniki
- Anthophila ludifica
- Anthophila lutescens
- Anthophila massaicae
- Anthophila ophiodesma
- Anthophila plenicarinata
- Anthophila plenicarnita
- Anthophila threnodes
- Anthophila torridula
- Anthophila turilega
- Anthophila variabilis
