Decantha borkhausenii

Decantha borkhausenii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Oecophoridae
Genus: Decantha
Species: D. borkhausenii
Binomial name
Decantha borkhausenii
(Zeller, 1839)
Synonyms
  • Oecophora borkhausenii Zeller, 1839

Decantha borkhausenii is a moth of the Oecophoridae family (concealer moths). It is the type species of the Decantha genus, although it was once placed in the genus Oecophora.[1] It is found in most of Europe, except Ireland, Great Britain, the Benelux, the Iberian Peninsula, most of the Balkan Peninsula, Denmark and Lithuania.[2]

The wingspan is 11–14 mm.[3] The adult moth is yellow and blackish, with a brown hind wing, while the caterpillar is translucent white.[4] Adults are on wing from June to August.

The larvae feed on pine trees,[5] tunnelling under the bark.[6]

References

  1. Genus details: Decantha, Butterflies and Moths of the World, Natural History Museum.
  2. Fauna Europaea
  3. Swedish moths
  4. Forbes, W.T.M. (1920), The Lepidopteras of New York and neighboring states, p. 248.
  5. Lvovsky, A.L. (2009), "Use of the characters of trophic specialization in the taxonomy of the broad-winged moths (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae, Chimabachidae, Amphisbatidae, Depressariidae)," Entomological Review 89 (3), June, 299-305.
  6. Decantha borkhausenii at Swedish Natural History Museum.

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