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Alloclemensia mesospilella

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Incurvariidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Alloclemensia

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Scientific name
  
Alloclemensia mesospilella

Similar
  
Incurvaria praelatella, Lampronia rupella, Lampronia luzella, Incurvaria koerneriella, Nematopogon robertella

Alloclemensia mesospilella is a moth of the family Incurvariidae. It is found from Fennoscandia and northern Russia to the Pyrenees, Italy, and Romania.

The wingspan is 12–15 mm.

The larvae feed on Ribes alpinum, Ribes uva-crispa and Saxifraga rotundifolia. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

Alloclemensia mesospilella Wikipedia