moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...
s known as false diamondback moths. In modern classifications, they are often treated as a subfamily (Acrolepiinae) of the family Glyphipterigidae.
Caterpillars are typically spotted and 10 to 12 mm in length. Adults have a wingspan between 16 and 18 mm and are generally nocturnal.
Species
Some representative species are:
*'' Acrolepia aiea'', Swezey 1933
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Acrolepia alliella
''Acrolepiopsis sapporensis'' (Asiatic onion leafminer) is a moth of the family Acrolepiidae. It is native to Asia, where it is found from China and Mongolia to Russia, Korea and Japan. It is an introduced species in Hawaii, where it was initial ...
Acrolepiopsis assectella
The leek moth or onion leaf miner (''Acrolepiopsis assectella'') is a species of moth of family Acrolepiidae (formerly Glyphipterigidae) and the genus '' Acrolepiopsis''. The species is native to Europe and Siberia, but is also found in North A ...
Acrolepiopsis incertella
''Acrolepiopsis incertella'' is a moth of the family Acrolepiidae. It is found in the eastern half of North America, from southern Ontario to Florida and Mississippi in the south and to Illinois and Michigan in the west.Acrolepiopsis marcidella'', Curtis 1850
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Acrolepiopsis sapporensis
''Acrolepiopsis sapporensis'' (Asiatic onion leafminer) is a moth of the family Acrolepiidae. It is native to Asia, where it is found from China and Mongolia to Russia, Korea and Japan. It is an introduced species in Hawaii, where it was initial ...
Digitivalva granitella
''Digitivalva granitella'' is a moth of the family Acrolepiidae. It is found in most of Continental Europe, except Fennoscandia, the Netherlands, Portugal, the Baltic region, the western part of the Balkan Peninsula and Ukraine.
The wingspan ...
'', Treitschke 1833
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Digitivalva occidentella
''Digitivalva occidentella'' is a moth of the family Acrolepiidae. It is found in France, Spain, Italy, Croatia, Romania and on Crete. It has also been recorded from Turkey.
The larvae feed on '' Inula conzyza''. They mine the leaves of their hos ...
'', Klimesch 1956
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Digitivalva pulicariae
''Digitivalva pulicariae'' is a moth of the family Acrolepiidae. It is found in most of Europe, except Portugal, Fennoscandia, the Baltic region and Poland.
The wingspan is about 13 mm. Adults are on wing from August to, after overwinterin ...
'', Klimesch 1956
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Digitivalva reticulella
''Digitivalva reticulella'' is a moth of the family Acrolepiidae found in most of Europe, except Ireland, Great Britain, the Netherlands, France, Portugal, Slovenia, much of the Balkan Peninsula, and Lithuania.
The wingspan is 11–13 mm.
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'', Hübner 1796
References
*Gaedike R. (1969). ''Contribution for the knowledge of the Acrolepiidae Fauna of the Balkan Peninsula''
*Carter, D. (1984). ''Pest Lepidoptera of Europe''. Dr. W. Junk Publishers, Boston.