''Vulcaniella pomposella'' is a
moth of the family
Cosmopterigidae. It is found from
France, the
Baltic Region
The terms Baltic Sea Region, Baltic Rim countries (or simply the Baltic Rim), and the Baltic Sea countries/states refer to slightly different combinations of countries in the general area surrounding the Baltic Sea, mainly in Northern Europe. ...
and
Ukraine to the
Mediterranean region.
The
wingspan is 8–10 mm. Adults are on wing from the beginning of May to the beginning of July. There are probably two generations per year.
The larvae feed on ''
Helichrysum arenarium'' and ''
Hieracium pilosella
''Hieracium'' (),
known by the common name hawkweed and classically as (from ancient Greek ιεράξ, ' hawk'),
is a genus of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, and closely related to dandelion (''Taraxacum''), chicory ('' Cichorium'' ...
''. They
mine
Mine, mines, miners or mining may refer to:
Extraction or digging
* Miner, a person engaged in mining or digging
*Mining, extraction of mineral resources from the ground through a mine
Grammar
*Mine, a first-person English possessive pronoun
...
the leaves of their host plant.
External links
bladmineerders.nlFauna Europaea
Vulcaniella
Moths of Europe
Moths of Asia
Moths described in 1839
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