Pachythelia villosella is a moth of the Psychidae family. It is found in Europe.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Psychidae |
| Genus: | Pachythelia |
| Species: | P. villosella
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| Pachythelia villosella (Ochsenheimer, 1810)
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The wingspan is 13–15 mm for males.[2] Head, thorax, and abdomen pale brownish-ochreous. Forewings and hindwings thinly haired, dark brown or grey brown; veins and base of cilia darker. Females are wingless and have a rounded frontal prominence.[3] Adults are on wing in June and July.[4]
The larvae feed on Calluna and Sarothamnus species from within a case.[5]
References edit
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- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ microlepidoptera.nl Archived 2012-06-17 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf
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- ^ UKmoths
- ^ Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Belgium
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