Lampronia corticella, the raspberry moth, is a moth of the family Prodoxidae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae. It is found in most of Europe, except Iceland, the Iberian Peninsula and the Balkan Peninsula. It is an introduced species in North America, where it was first detected in New Brunswick, Canada, in 1936.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Prodoxidae |
| Genus: | Lampronia |
| Species: | L. corticella
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| Lampronia corticella | |
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The wingspan is 10–12 mm.9–12 mm. The head is light yellow-ochreous mixed with fuscous. Forewings dark fuscous, with scattered pale yellowish dots. There are four small costal and two larger dorsal pale ochreous-yellowish spots; tips of apical cilia whitish. Hindwings are dark grey. [1] The larvae feed on Rubus species.
References
edit- ^ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf
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External links
edit- Kimber, Ian. "9.003 BF136 Raspberry Moth Lampronia corticella (Linnaeus, 1758)". UKMoths. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
- Murray, Tom (10 December 2016). "Species Lampronia corticella - Raspberry Bud Moth - Hodges#0180.1". BugGuide. Retrieved July 1, 2019.
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- Lepiforum e.V.
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