Flesh moths

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Flesh moths
Agonopterix arenella

Agonopterix arenella

Systematics
Class : Insects (Insecta)
Order : Butterflies (Lepidoptera)
Superfamily : Gelechioidea
Family : Grass miners (Elachistidae)
Subfamily : Flesh moths
Scientific name
Depressariinae
Meyrick , 1883
Agonopterix ocellana
Pedois lewinella
Caterpillar Agonopterix ulicitella on gorse
Orophia denisella

The flat-bodied moths (Depressariinae) are a subfamily of the grass miner moths (Elachistidae). The subfamily occurs worldwide, with the exception of numerous island groups, its main distribution area is the temperate latitudes. More than 600 species are known of it, in Europe it is represented with 175 species and subspecies, in Central Europe there are 85 species. Some authors see the group as an independent family within the Gelechioidea , others place it as a subfamily in the family of the rottenwood moths (Oecophoridae).

features

The maxillary palps are usually four-limbed. The fore and hind wings are relatively wide, the body of the moth is flat, which is why they bear their German and scientific names. On the hind wings the wing veins Rs and M1 are separated. The terga on the abdomen usually have no thorns. The ovipositor of the females is not expandable.

In the caterpillars there is a gap between the fifth and sixth point eye ( ocellus ). There are usually three, rarely two lateral bristles on the first thoracic segment , the first abdominal segment has two or three subventral bristles and the first subdorsal bristle on the ninth abdominal segment is hair-like.

Way of life

The adults can hide in narrow cracks due to their flat build. They often overwinter in thatched roofs or in haystacks.

The caterpillars usually develop in leaves that are spun together, as bores in stems or as seed or flower eater on umbellifers (Apiaceae), daisy family (Asteraceae), birch family (Betulaceae), hazelnut family (Corylaceae), legumes (Fabaceae), beech family (Fabaceae ) , Mallow family (Malvaceae), rose family (Rosaceae), diamond family (Rutaceae), willow family (Salicaceae), nettle family (Urticaceae) and six other families of the former dicotyledons and feed on living plant material. The caterpillars live less often than miners in leaves.

Species in Central Europe

supporting documents

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f Niels P. Kristensen: Lepidoptera, moths and butterflies . In: Maximilian Fischer (Ed.): Handbook of Zoology . 1st edition. tape 4 - Arthropoda: Insecta , volume 35. de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 1998, ISBN 3-11-015704-7 (English).
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g Malcolm J. Scoble: The Lepidoptera: Form, Function and Diversity . Oxford University Press, Oxford 1995, ISBN 0-19-854952-0 (English).
  3. ↑ Depressariinae in Fauna Europaea. Retrieved February 19, 2010
  4. ↑ Lepiforum e. V .: Determination of butterflies (Lepidoptera) and their pre-imaginal stages. Identification aid. online: http://www.lepiforum.de/cgi-bin/lepiwiki.pl?Depressariidae (accessed on February 19, 2010)

literature

  • Niels P. Kristensen: Lepidoptera, moths and butterflies . In: Maximilian Fischer (Ed.): Handbook of Zoology . 1st edition. tape 4 - Arthropoda: Insecta , volume 35. de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 1998, ISBN 3-11-015704-7 (English).
  • Malcolm J. Scoble: The Lepidoptera: Form, Function and Diversity . Oxford University Press, Oxford 1995, ISBN 0-19-854952-0 (English).

Web links

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