Round-fronted moths
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Glyphipterix thrasonella |
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| Stainton , 1854 |
The round- fronted moths or rocker moths (Glyphipterigidae) are a family of butterflies (Lepidoptera). They occur worldwide with approx. 400 kinds . Up to now, 20 species have been described throughout Europe , 11 of which are found in Central Europe . Their main distribution area are the tropics .
features
The moths reach a wingspan of 7 to 16 millimeters and have a slender and elongated body. Their forewings are narrow to wide and two to four times longer than wide. There are some types that have shiny metallic wings or metallic patterns on the wings. The hind wings are fringed and have a similar width to the fore wings. The antennae become half as long to the same length as the forewings. In addition to the compound eyes , the moths also have point eyes ( ocelli ). Their maxillary palps are well developed or strongly regressed, their scaly proboscis are fully developed.
The forewings have 13 wing veins with 2 anal veins (1b and 1c), the hind wings have 7 to 10 veins with zero or three anal veins (1a, 1b and 1c).
Way of life
The diurnal moths typically move their wings up and down when they are at rest, which is why they are also known as rocker moths.
The caterpillars have five pairs of belly legs. They live as miners in leaves and young shoots or in grass seeds. In some species, the older caterpillars do not eat mining but on the leaves. The food spectrum of the round-fronted moths includes monocots , but especially sour grasses (Cyperaceae) and rushes (Juncaceae). The pupation takes place either in their mine, between sheets or in a cocoon on the ground.
Systematics (Europe)
Subfamily Orthoteliinae
- Orthotelia sparganella (Thunberg, 1788) A, CH, D
Subfamily Glyphipteriginae
- Glyphipterix argyroguttella Ragonot, 1885
- Glyphipterix bergstraesserella (Fabricius, 1781) A, CH, D
- Glyphipterix danilevskii Diakonoff, 1978
- Glyphipterix diaphora Walsingham, 1894
- Glyphipterix equitella (Scopoli, 1763) A, CH, D
- Glyphipterix forsterella (Fabricius, 1781) A, CH, D
- Glyphipterix fortunatella Walsingham, 1908
- Glyphipterix fuscoviridella (Haworth, 1828) CH
- Glyphipterix gianelliella Ragonot, 1885 A, CH
- Glyphipterix haworthana (Stephens, 1834) A, CH, D
- Glyphipterix heptaglyphella Le Marchand, 1925
- Glyphipterix loricatella (Treitschke, 1833)
- Glyphipterix nicaeella Möschler, 1866 CH
- Glyphipterix pygmaeella Rebel, 1896
- Glyphipterix schoenicolella Boyd, 1859 A, CH, D
- Glyphipterix simpliciella (Stephens, 1834) A, CH, D
- Glyphipterix sulcosa Diakonoff, 1978
- Glyphipterix thrasonella (Scopoli, 1763) A, CH, D
- Glyphipterix umbilici M. Hering, 1927
swell
Individual evidence
- ↑ Glyphipterigidae in Fauna Europaea. Retrieved January 8, 2007
- ↑ Glyphipterigidae. Lepiforum eV, accessed on January 8, 2007 .
literature
- Thomas Kaltenbach, Peter Victor Küppers: Small butterflies. Verlag J. Neudamm-Neudamm, Melsungen 1987, ISBN 3-788-80510-2
Web links
- British Insects: the Families of Lepidoptera
- Fam.Glyphipterigidae round-fronted moths ( Memento from July 4, 2008 in the Internet Archive )