Lampronia triangulifera

L. triangulifera (Tengström)

Adult Characteristics

Wingspan ?. Head rusty yellow. Forewing dark brown with a bronzy lustre, and a pale yellow spot near tornus. Hindwings gray.

Comparison with similar species

Safely distinguished from aereipennella by examination of the genitalia.

Host, oviposition, and larval feeding habits

Immature stages not known. Type specimen caught in July.

Geographic distribution

Reported from Karelia.

Habitat

Reported from moist spruce forest in Russian Karelia.

References

Krogerus, H. 1957. Bemerkungen über einige finnische
          Kleinschmetterlinge. Notul. Entomol. 37:121-126.
Svensson, I. 1993. Fjärilskalender. Self-published, 
          Kristianstad, Sweden

Holotype in MZH.

About this page

Olle Pellmyr
E-mail: pellmyr@ctrvax.vanderbilt.edu.
Dept of Biology, Vanderbilt University, Box 1812-B Nashville, TN 37235, USA

Title illustration: To be obtained