Acrolepiopsis vesperella

Acrolepiopsis vesperella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Acrolepiidae
Genus:	Acrolepiopsis
Species:	A. vesperella
Binomial name
	Acrolepiopsis vesperella; (Zeller, 1850)
Synonyms
	Roeslerstammia vesperella Zeller, 1850; Acrolepia smilaxella Milliere, 1874; Acrolepia tami Hering, 1927; Acrolepia tamias;

Acrolepiopsis vesperella is a moth of the family Acrolepiidae. It is found in Germany, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro, Greece and on the Canary Islands.[1]

The larvae feed on Smilax aspera, Smilax canariensis, Tamus communis and Tamus edulis. They mine the leaves of their host plant. On Smilax species, young larvae make a short corridor which is almost completely filled with frass. Older larvae live freely at the leaf underside, under a frass-covered web. On Tamus species, larvae live in a transparent full-depth mine without frass. The mine may have the form of a corridor, blotch or star. Pupation always occurs in a net-like cocoon.[2] The larvae have a pale yellowish green body and head. They can be found in March.

References

Fauna Europaea
"bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2012-04-19. Retrieved 2012-04-06.

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[1] Fauna Europaea

[2] "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2012-04-19. Retrieved 2012-04-06.