Esperia sulphurella: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Oecophoridae
- Genus
- Esperia
- Species
- Esperia sulphurella
- Scientific Name
- Esperia sulphurella
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Esperia sulphurella
Esperia sulphurella, also known as the sulphur tubic, is a species of gelechioid moth in the family Oecophoridae. It is native to Europe, but has been introduced in California.
Adults have a body length of 6–8 millimetres (0.24–0.31 in), and its wingspan is 12–16 millimetres (0.47–0.63 in). The wingspan is between 12 and 16 millimeters. They have a dark brown ground colour. The forewing has a pale yellow marking. The predominantly pale yellow hind wings are dark brown at the tips. At about two-thirds of the length of the antennae, the antennae have a white band.
They are on wing in spring.
The larvae are black and feed on dead wood.
...Esperia sulphurella in languages:
- Dutch
- Esperiamot
- English
- Sulphur Tubic
- French
- Dasycère soufrée
- German
- Schwefelgelber Totholzfalter
- Swedish
- svavelmal
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