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Isidiella nickerlii

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Cosmopterigidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Isidiella

Isidiella nickerlii is a moth in the Cosmopterigidae family. It is found in France, on the Iberian Peninsula and in Switzerland, Austria, Italy, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania and the Republic of Macedonia.

The wingspan is 8–11 mm. Adults are on wing from May to July.

The larvae feed on Achillea millefolium and Helichrysum arenarium. They feed on the young leaves from within a spinning (a shelter like the web of a spider).

References

Isidiella nickerlii Wikipedia