Sorhagenia janiszewskae is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found from Great Britain to Russia and from Fennoscandia to France, Switzerland, Austria, Croatia, Hungary and Romania. It has also been reported from Portugal,[1] the Caucasus and western Transcaucasia.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Cosmopterigidae |
| Genus: | Sorhagenia |
| Species: | S. janiszewskae
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| Binomial name | |
| Sorhagenia janiszewskae Riedl, 1962
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The wingspan is 8–11 mm. Adults are on wing from mid June to August in one generation per year.[2]
The larvae feed on Rhamnus fragula and sometimes also Rhamnus cathartica. Larvae can be found from May to June.
References
edit- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ microlepidoptera.nl Archived 2011-05-01 at the Wayback Machine
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