Diurnea lipsiella is a moth of the subfamily Chimabachinae. It is found in Europe.

Diurnea lipsiella
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lypusidae
Genus: Diurnea
Species:
D. lipsiella
Binomial name
Diurnea lipsiella
Synonyms
  • Tinea lipsiella Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775
  • Tinea phryganella Hübner, 1801
  • Diurnea phryganella
Illustration from John Curtis's British Entomology Volume 6

The wingspan is 17–23 mm. Meyrick describes it - Male 21-25 mm. The antennae with long fasciculate ciliations. Forewings are light ochreous-brown ; sometimes a whitish sprinkling towards middle of costa and in disc beyond middle ; stigmata very obscurely darker, second discal lying on an indistinct oblique darker shade from 3/5 of costa to tornus. Hindwings grey. Female 17-19 mm. Forewings grey-whitish, irrorated with dark grey ; stigmata and oblique marks before middle and above tornus blackish, sometimes partly connected. The larva is yellow - whitish ; head dark brown; plate of 2 brown freckled; 3rd pair of legs placed on a shining tubercle (in male only ?).[2]

The moth flies in one generation from October to December depending on the location.

The larvae feed on various deciduous trees and shrubs, such as Rubus, apple, Prunus, Vaccinium and oak.

References

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  1. ^ Fauna Europaea
  2. ^ 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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