The lobster-clawed moth (''Hypatima rhomboidella'') is a
moth of the family
Gelechiidae. It is found in most of Europe, except for the
Iberian Peninsula and 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 ...
. In the east, the range extends to
Siberia and
Taiwan.
The
wingspan is about 18 mm. The forewings are whitish-grey, sometimes sprinkled with dark grey,margins sometimes ochreous-tinged ; usually a dark fuscous suffusion near dorsum towards base ; costa marked with small blackish spots except towards base ; a triangular blackish partly brown-edged costal blotch before middle ; a dark grey tornal spot ; a black dash on termen below apex. Hindwings are light grey. The larva is pinkish-brown ; head and plate of 2 black.
[Meyrick, E., 1895 ''A Handbook of British Lepidoptera'' MacMillan, Londo]
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Keys and description
Adults are on wing from late July and September.
The larvae feed on ''
Betula'' and ''
Corylus avellana''.
References
External links
UKmothsFauna Europaea
rhomboidella
Moths of Asia
Moths of Europe
Moths of Japan
Moths described in 1758
Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
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