Alloclemensia mesospilella

Alloclemensia mesospilella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Incurvariidae
Genus: Alloclemensia
Species: A. mesospilella
Binomial name
Alloclemensia mesospilella
(Herrich-Schäffer, 1854)
Synonyms
  • Incurvaria mesospilella Herrich-Schäffer, 1854
  • Incurvaria trimaculella Herrich-Schäffer, 1854
  • Incurvaria quadrimaculella Höfner, 1876

Alloclemensia mesospilella is a moth of the family Incurvariidae. It is found from Fennoscandia and northern Russia to the Pyrenees, Italy, and Romania.

The wingspan is 12–15 mm.

The larvae feed on Ribes alpinum, Ribes uva-crispa and Saxifraga rotundifolia. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

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