''Lampronia'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
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 of the family
Prodoxidae
The Prodoxidae are a family of moths, generally small in size and nondescript in appearance. They include species of moderate pest status, such as the Lampronia capitella, currant shoot borer, and others of considerable ecological and evolutiona ...
.
Diversity
The genus has a
Holarctic
The Holarctic realm is a biogeographic realm that comprises the majority of habitats found throughout the continents in the Northern Hemisphere. It corresponds to the floristic Boreal Kingdom. It includes both the Nearctic zoogeographical region ...
distribution and contains about twenty-five
described species. There are additional undescribed species in North America, Japan and Iran.
Description
Adults are medium-sized and have a golden or dark ground color, although some are unicolored. The forewings usually have white or yellowish spots.
Biology
Most species are day-flying.
''
Lampronia corticella'' and ''
Lampronia capitella'' are minor pests on raspberry (''
Rubus idaeus
''Rubus idaeus'' (raspberry, also called red raspberry or occasionally European red raspberry to distinguish it from other raspberry species) is a red-fruited species of ''Rubus'' native to Europe and northern Asia and commonly cultivated in othe ...
'') and current (''
Ribes
''Ribes'' is a genus of about 200 known species of flowering plants, most of them native to the temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. The various species are known as currants or gooseberries, and some are cultivated for their edible f ...
'' species).
Species
*Subgenus ''Lampronia''
** ''
Lampronia aeneella''
** ''
Lampronia aeripennella''
** ''
Lampronia altaica''
** ''
Lampronia argillella''
** ''
Lampronia capitella''
** ''
Lampronia corticella''
** ''
Lampronia flavimitrella''
** ''
Lampronia fuscatella''
** ''
Lampronia intermediella''
** ''
Lampronia luzella''
** ''
Lampronia morosa''
** ''
Lampronia novempunctata''
** ''
Lampronia oregonella''
** ''
Lampronia provectella'' (syn: ''Lampronia triangulifera'')
** ''
Lampronia psychidella''
** ''
Lampronia pubicornis''
** ''
Lampronia quinquepunctata''
** ''
Lampronia redimitella''
** ''
Lampronia rupella''
** ''
Lampronia russatella''
** ''
Lampronia sakhalinella''
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Lampronia splendidella''
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Lampronia standfussiella''
** ''
Lampronia stangei''
** ''
Lampronia taylorella''
*Subgenus ''Tanysaccus''
Davis, 1978
** ''
Lampronia aenescens''
** ''
Lampronia humilis''
** ''
Lampronia sublustris''
References
Lampronia at tolweb
Prodoxidae
Adeloidea genera
Taxa named by James Francis Stephens
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