Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Micropterigidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Micropterix | |
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Scientific name Micropterix aureoviridella Similar Micropterix rothenbachii, Micropterix schaefferi, Micropterix allionella, Micropterix mansuetella | ||
Micropterix aureoviridella is a moth of the Micropterigidae family. It is found in Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia.
The wingspan is about 7 millimetres (0.28 in). Adults are on wing from the end of May to July.
It prefers open and dry habitats on southwardly directed slopes, margins of light spruce forest with interspersed rocks, margins of forest and scrubs in mountainous areas, as well as in elfin woodland. It has also been found in sub-alpine dwarf scrub.
The adults feed on flowering shrubs, including Pinus mugo.
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