Monopis obviella

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Monopis obviella
Monopis obviella

Monopis obviella

Systematics
Class : Insects (Insecta)
Order : Butterflies (Lepidoptera)
Family : Real moths (Tineidae)
Subfamily : Tineinae
Genre : Monopis
Type : Monopis obviella
Scientific name
Monopis obviella
( Denis & Schiffermüller , 1775)

Monopis obviella is a butterfly from the family of real moths (Tineidae).

features

Monopis obviella is a very small butterfly, it only reaches a wingspan of eight to 13 millimeters. There is a yellow, curved, sharply demarcated welt on the rear edge of the forewings.

Similar species

Synonyms

  • Monopis ferruginella Huebner, 1813
  • Monopis splendella Huebner, 1813
  • Monopis ustella Haworth, 1828

Way of life

The caterpillars live in bird nests, for example from jackdaws and blackbirds , in dovecotes and in the arches of owls. They are scavengers and feed on animal and vegetable remains. Often they can also be found on wool .

Flight and caterpillar times

Monopis obviella forms two generations a year that fly from May to October. The moths swarm in the evening on hedges and bushes and are occasionally found in the light.

swell

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Lepiforum e. V .: Determination aid of the Lepiforum for the butterfly species found in Germany, Austria and Switzerland . online: http://www.lepiforum.de/cgi-bin/lepiwiki.pl?Monopis_Obviella (accessed on October 17, 2006)
  2. ↑ a b Fauna Europaea Web Service (2005) Fauna Europaea version 1.2 (March 7, 2005), online: https://fauna-eu.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/2edb6aee-a728-4a0b-8f53-93237add9a49 (accessed on 17 October 2006)
  3. ↑ Thomas Kaltenbach, Peter Victor Küppers: Kleinschmetterlinge. Verlag J. Neudamm-Neudamm, Melsungen 1987, ISBN 3-7888-0510-2
  4. ^ Ian Kimber: Guide to the moths of Great Britain and Ireland . Online: http://ukmoths.org.uk/show.php?bf=229 (accessed October 17, 2006)

Web links

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