''Glyphipterix forsterella'' is a moth of the family

Glyphipterigidae The Glyphipterigidae are a family of small moths commonly known as sedge moths, as the larvae of many species feed on sedge The Cyperaceae are a family of graminoid (grass-like), monocotyledonous flowering plants known as sedges. The family ...

. It is found from most of Europe (except most of the

Balkan Peninsula The Balkans ( ), also known as the Balkan Peninsula, is a geographical area in southeastern Europe with various geographical and historical definitions. The region takes its name from the Balkan Mountains that stretch throughout the who ...

, Portugal and Ukraine), east to

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

. The wingspan is . The forewings are rather broad, dark bronzy - fuscous ; five white streaks from posterior half of costa, second becoming silvery-metallic and reaching beyond middle ; a broader slightly curved oblique white mark from middle of dorsum, reaching half across wing a short white mark before tornus ; two or three silvery-metallic dots about tornus; a black apical spot enclosing a silvery- metallic dot ; dark line of cilia indented below apex ; a dark hook above apex. Hindwings are grey. Adults are on wing from May to June and feed on the flowers of the larval host plant. There is one generation per year. The larvae feed on the seeds of '' Carex'' species, including ''

Carex vulpina ''Carex vulpina'', the true fox sedge, is a species in the genus ''Carex'', native to Europe and western Asia. It is difficult to distinguish it from its close relative ''Carex otrubae ''Carex otrubae'', the false fox-sedge, is a species of fl ...

'' and ''

Carex remota ''Carex remota'', the remote sedge, is a species in the genus ''Carex ''Carex'' is a vast genus of more than 2,000 species of grass-like plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges (or seg, in older books). Other members of the f ...

''. The species overwinters in the larval stage within the spikes of the host plant.Lepidoptera of Belgium
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Subspecies

*''Glyphipterix forsterella forsterella'' *''Glyphipterix forsterella albimaculella'' von Heinemann, 1876 (Central Europe) *''Glyphipterix forsterella nivicaput'' Diakonoff, 1979 (Japan: Honshu)

References

Moths described in 1781 Glyphipterigidae Moths of Asia Moths of Europe {{Glyphipterigidae-stub