Isidiella nickerlii

Isidiella nickerlii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cosmopterigidae
Genus: Isidiella
Species: I. nickerlii
Binomial name
Isidiella nickerlii
(Nickerl, 1864)
Synonyms
  • Stagmatophora nickerlii Nickerl, 1864
  • Isidiella nickerli

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.[1]

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).

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