Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Opostegidae Scientific name Opostega spatulella | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Opostega Rank Species | |
Similar Opostega, Opostegidae, Ectoedemia, Stigmella, Bucculatricidae | ||
Opostega spatulella is a moth of the Opostegidae family. It is known from France, the Iberian Peninsula, Italy, Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Greece and Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is thought to be extinct in Great Britain. It is also found in the eastern part of the Palearctic ecozone (including Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan) and the Near East.
The wingspan is 9–11 mm. Adults are on wing from August to June and hibernate from October to April. There is one generation per year.
The larvae are known to feed on Ulmus and Salix species. They mine the bark of their host plant.
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