Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Pretty micro-moth: Pyralidae???

Posted by Isidro on 21-09-2007 00:46
#1

in July at Pe?aflor, Monegros region, Aragon, Spain.
Habitat: steppe-land combinated with pine (Pinus halepensis) forest. Dominance of Artemisia herba-alba and Rosmarinus officinalis.
Size: about 11-12 mm long.

Ideas?

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Thanks ;)

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 21-09-2007 01:10
#2

mealy bug at the right side of micro Lepidoptera!

Posted by Xespok on 21-09-2007 14:46
#3

Possibly subfamily Phycitinae.

Posted by Dmitry Gavryushin on 21-09-2007 15:26
#4

An intriguing moth - spent some time searching for candidates yet to no avail :( - will check again at home - would also stick to Pyralidae.

Posted by tristanba on 21-09-2007 15:49
#5

most certainly Phycitinae, but sorry I can't help further. Not a UK sp for sure. BW Tristan

Posted by Isidro on 21-09-2007 16:28
#6

Thanks everybody... at least I know than my family guess is correct... I wait to, at least, the genus ;)

Posted by Dmitry Gavryushin on 21-09-2007 23:06
#7

Bingo! Euzophera lunulella (Phycitinae). Biology unknown. 15 more spp. in Europe. Parenti, Plate 137, fig. 8.

Posted by Isidro on 22-09-2007 01:20
#8

Wow!!!!!!!!!! MANY THANKS Black!!!!!! :D:D:D:D:D:D

I posted it for months in another forum and anybody knew it!

Regards ;)