Scythris noricella is a moth of the family Scythrididae. It was described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1843. It has a Holarctic distribution. In Europe, it is found on most of the continent, except Ireland, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Denmark, the Iberian Peninsula, the Baltic region and most of the Balkan Peninsula.

Scythris noricella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Scythrididae
Genus: Scythris
Species:
S. noricella
Binomial name
Scythris noricella
(Zeller, 1843)[1]
Synonyms
  • Oecophora noricella Zeller, 1843
  • Scythris magnatella Busck, 1904
  • Scythris noricella latifoliella Wolff, 1964

The wingspan is 18–22 mm. Adults are on wing from July to August.[2] The larvae feed on Epilobium angustifolium.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Fauna Europaea
  2. ^ Swedish Moths
  3. ^ "Scythris Hübner, [1825]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms