Glyphipterigidae

Glyphipterix thrasonella

The round face moths or Wippmotten ( Glyphipterigidae ) are a family of butterflies (Lepidoptera ). They are found worldwide with about 400 species. Across Europe, 20 species have been described so far, of which 11 species occur in Central Europe. Their main area of ​​distribution are the tropics.

  • 4.1 Notes and references
  • 4.2 Literature
  • 4.3 External links

Features

The moths reach a wingspan 7-16 mm and have a slender and elongated body. Their forewings are narrow to wide and are two to four times longer than wide. There are some types have the shiny metallic leaf or metallic pattern on the wings. The hind wings are fringed and have a similar width as the front wings. The sensors are half as long until the same length as the front wings. In addition to the compound eyes of moths also have simple eyes ( ocelli ). Your Maxillarpalpen are well developed, or much reduced form, her ungeschuppter proboscis is fully developed.

The forewings have 13 wing cores with 2 Analadern (1b and 1c ), the hind wings have 7 to 10 cores with no or three Analadern (1a, 1b and 1c).

Way of life

The diurnal butterflies move their wings at rest characteristic up and down, which is why they are also called Wippmotten.

The caterpillars have five pairs of legs belly. They live as leaf miners in leaves and young shoots or grass seed. In some species the older caterpillars feed on the leaves but not minierend. The food spectrum of the round forehead moths includes monocots, but especially Sedges ( Cyperaceae ) and Rushes ( Juncaceae ). Pupation takes place either in their mine, between leaves or in a cocoon on the ground.

Systematics ( Europe)

Subfamily Orthoteliinae

  • Orthotelia sparganella ( Thunberg, 1788) A, CH, D

Subfamily Glyphipteriginae

  • Glyphipterix argyroguttella Ragonot, 1885
  • Glyphipterix bergstraesserella (Fabricius, 1781) A, CH, D
  • Glyphipterix danilevskii Diakonoff, 1978
  • Glyphipterix diaphora Walsingham, 1894
  • Glyphipterix equitella ( Scopoli, 1763) A, CH, D
  • Glyphipterix forster ella (Fabricius, 1781) A, CH, D
  • Glyphipterix fortunatella Walsingham, 1908
  • Glyphipterix fuscoviridella ( Haworth, 1828) CH
  • Glyphipterix gianelliella Ragonot, 1885 A, CH
  • Glyphipterix haworthana ( Stephens, 1834) A, CH, D
  • Glyphipterix heptaglyphella Le Marchand, 1925
  • Glyphipterix loricatella ( Treitschke, 1833)
  • Glyphipterix nicaeella Möschler 1866 CH
  • Glyphipterix pygmaeella Rebel, 1896
  • Glyphipterix schoenicolella Boyd, 1859 A, CH, D
  • Glyphipterix simpliciella ( Stephens, 1834) A, CH, D
  • Glyphipterix sulcosa Diakonoff, 1978
  • Glyphipterix thrasonella ( Scopoli, 1763) A, CH, D
  • Glyphipterix umbilici M. Hering, 1927

Swell

Glossata Yponomeutoidea
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