Incurvaria praelatella is a moth of the family Incurvariidae. It is found in all of Europe, except the Iberian Peninsula.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Incurvariidae |
| Genus: | Incurvaria |
| Species: | I. praelatella
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| Incurvaria praelatella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
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The wingspan is 11–14 mm.Head light yellow ochreous. Forewings dark fuscous, purplish-tinged; a basal dot, a sometimes interrupted fascia at 1/3, a triangular dorsal spot before tornus, and a larger costal spot beyond it pale ochreous -yellowish; tips of apical cilia white. Hindwings rather dark bronzy-grey.[1]
The larvae feed on Achillea, Agrimonia, Alchemilla vulgaris, Filipendula, Fragaria vesca, Geum rivale, Potentilla reptans, Rubus fruticosus and Spiraea douglasii. They mine the leaves of their host plant.
References
edit- ^ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf
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