Lampronia pubicornis
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Prodoxidae |
| Genus: | Lampronia |
| Species: | L. pubicornis
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| Binomial name | |
| Lampronia pubicornis (Haworth, 1828)
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Lampronia pubicornis is a moth of the family Prodoxidae. It is found in Ireland, Great Britain, France, Spain, Germany, Austria, Hungary and on Sicily, in addition to Venice and occasionally mainland Italy.[2]
The wingspan is 12–14 mm.[3] Head pale yellowish. Forewings relatively broader and with termen less oblique than in Lampronia tenuicornis, shining fuscous. Hindwings with hair-scales, grey.[4]
The larvae feed on within the young shoots of Rosa pimpinellifolia.
References[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lampronia pubicornis.
- ^ TOLweb
- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ Hants Moths
- ^ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf
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