Karsholtia

Karsholtia
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tineidae
Genus:
Gaedike, 1986
Species:
K. marianii
Binomial name
Karsholtia marianii
(Rebel, 1936)[1]
Synonyms
  • Tinea marianii Rebel, 1936
  • Infurcitinea marianii
  • Tinea lunatella Benander, 1939

Karsholtia is a genus of moths of the family Tineidae. The genus contains the single species Karsholtia marianii. It is found in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Austria, France and on Sicily.[2]

The wingspan is 8–11 mm. Adults are on wing in July.[3]

The larvae have been recorded feeding on the decaying trunks of Carpinus betulus.[4]

References

  1. ^ Robinson, Gaden S. [2010]: Global Taxonomic Database of Tineidae (Lepidoptera)
  2. ^ Fauna Europaea
  3. ^ Swedish Moths
  4. ^ HUEMER, P. (1998): Karsholtia marianii (Rebel, 1936), ein bemerkenswerter Neufund eines Kleinschmetterlings für Österreich (Insecta: Lepidoptera, Tineidae), in: Ber.naturw.-med.Ver.Innsbruck 85, 329-333


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