Glyphipterix forsterella is a moth of the family Glyphipterigidae. It is found from most of Europe (except most of the Balkan Peninsula, Portugal and Ukraine),[1] east to Japan.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Glyphipterigidae |
| Genus: | Glyphipterix |
| Species: | G. forsterella
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| Glyphipterix forsterella (Fabricius, 1781)
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The wingspan is 11–15 mm (0.43–0.59 in).[2] The forewings are rather broad, dark bronzy - fuscous; five white streaks from posterior half of costa, second becoming silvery-metallic and reaching beyond middle; a broader slightly curved oblique white mark from middle of dorsum, reaching half across wing a short white mark before tornus; two or three silvery-metallic dots about tornus; a black apical spot enclosing a silvery- metallic dot; dark line of cilia indented below apex; a dark hook above apex. Hindwings are grey.[3]
Adults are on wing from May to June and feed on the flowers of the larval host plant.[4] There is one generation per year.
The larvae feed on the seeds of Carex species, including Carex vulpina[5] and Carex remota.[6] The species overwinters in the larval stage within the spikes of the host plant.[7]
Subspecies
edit- Glyphipterix forsterella forsterella
- Glyphipterix forsterella albimaculella von Heinemann, 1876 (Central Europe)
- Glyphipterix forsterella nivicaput Diakonoff, 1979 (Japan: Honshu)
References
edit- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ "microlepidoptera.nl". Archived from the original on 2011-05-01. Retrieved 2012-04-10.
- ^ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description
- ^ UKmoths
- ^ Glyphipterix at funet Archived 2012-04-16 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ lepiforum.de
- ^ Lepidoptera of Belgium
