Bohemannia pulverosella

Bohemannia pulverosella
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Bohemannia
Species:
B. pulverosella
Binomial name
Bohemannia pulverosella
(Stainton, 1849)
Synonyms
  • Trifurcula pulverosella Stainton, 1849
  • Stigmella pulverosella
  • Nepticula cineretella

Bohemannia pulverosella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found from Fennoscandia to the Iberian Peninsula, the Alps, Slovenia and Bulgaria and from Ireland to central Russia and Ukraine.[1][2]

Adults have a yellow head. The wings are ochreous speckled black.Identification requires microscopic examination of the genitalia.[3] [4] [5]

  • Bohemannia pulverosella mine

References

  1. ^ Kimber, Ian. "Bohemannia pulverosella (Stainton, 1849)". UKmoths. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  2. ^ Ellis, W N. "Bohemannia pulverosella (Stainton, 1849) dusty apple pigmy". Plant Parasites of Europe. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  3. ^ lepiforum.de includes images This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  4. ^ Emmet, A. M., 1976. Nepticulidae. — In: J. Heath (ed.). The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 1: 171—267, pls. 1—7, 11, 12.
  5. ^ Zagulyaev, A.K., "Family Nepticulidae, Pigmy Moths," in A Key to the Insects of the European Part of the USSR. Vol. 4, Part 1 (Nauka, Leningrad, 1978)
  • 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


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