Glyphipterix schoenicolella

Glyphipterix schoenicolella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Glyphipterigidae
Genus: Glyphipterix
Species: G. schoenicolella
Binomial name
Glyphipterix schoenicolella
Boyd, 1859

Glyphipterix schoenicolella is a species of moth of the family Glyphipterigidae. It is found in the Netherlands, Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Estonia, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Norway, Austria, Portugal, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, the Czech Republic, the United Kingdom and Sweden.

The wingspan is 6–9 mm. Adults are on wing from June to August in one generation.

The larvae feed on Schoenus nigricans. It has also been reported from Cyperus longus.


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