Vulcaniella pomposella

Vulcaniella pomposella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Subkingdom: Eumetazoa
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Division: Ditrysia
Section: Tineina
Family: Cosmopterigidae
Genus: Vulcaniella
Species: V. pomposella
Binomial name
Vulcaniella pomposella
(Zeller, 1839)
Synonyms
  • Elachista pomposella Zeller, 1839

Vulcaniella pomposella is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is found from France, the Baltic Region and Ukraine to the Mediterranean region.

The wingspan is 8–10 mm. Adults are on wing from the beginning of May to the beginning of July. There are probably two generations per year.

The larvae feed on Helichrysum arenarium and Hieracium pilosella. They mine the leaves of their host plant. They mine the leaf from a silken tube at the leaf underside. Pupation takes place within the mine.

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