''Diurnea lipsiella'' is a

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of the subfamily

Chimabachinae Chimabachinae, the chimabachid moths, is a subfamily of moths in the family Lypusidae. The subfamily used to be classified as a subfamily of Oecophoridae, but current phylogenetic research classifies it as a subfamily of Lypusidae. Some authors p ...

. It is found in Europe. The

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is 17–23 mm. Meyrick describes it - Male 21-25 mm. The antennae with long fasciculate ciliations. Forewings are light ochreous-brown ; sometimes a whitish sprinkling towards middle of costa and in disc beyond middle ; stigmata very obscurely darker, second discal lying on an indistinct oblique darker shade from 3/5 of costa to tornus. Hindwings grey. Female 17-19 mm. Forewings grey-whitish, irroratcd with dark grey ; stigmata and oblique marks before middle and above tornus blackish, sometimes partly connected.The larva is yellow - whitish ; liead dark brown; plate of 2 brown freckled; 3rd pair of legs placed on a shining tubercle (in male only ?).Meyrick, E., 1895 ''A Handbook of British Lepidoptera'' MacMillan, Londo
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''Diurnea lipsiella'' at UKmoths
* Oecophoridae Moths described in 1775 Moths of Europe Taxa named by Michael Denis Taxa named by Ignaz Schiffermüller {{Oecophoridae-stub