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

Posted by Isidro on 20-09-2007 23:46
#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 Wink

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 21-09-2007 00:10
#2
mealy bug at the right side of micro Lepidoptera!

Posted by Xespok on 21-09-2007 13:46
#3
Possibly subfamily Phycitinae.

Posted by Dmitry Gavryushin on 21-09-2007 14:26
#4
An intriguing moth - spent some time searching for candidates yet to no avail Sad - will check again at home - would also stick to Pyralidae.

Posted by tristanba on 21-09-2007 14:49
#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 15:28
#6
Thanks everybody... at least I know than my family guess is correct... I wait to, at least, the genus Wink

Posted by Dmitry Gavryushin on 21-09-2007 22:06
#7
Bingo! Euzophera lunulella (Phycitinae). Biology unknown. 15 more spp. in Europe. Parenti, Plate 137, fig. 8.

Posted by Isidro on 22-09-2007 00:20
#8
Wow!!!!!!!!!! MANY THANKS Black!!!!!! GrinGrinGrinGrinGrinGrin

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

Regards Wink