Acompsia schmidtiellus

Acompsia schmidtiellus
	Hexton, Hertfordshire, England
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Acompsia
Species:	A. schmidtiellus
Binomial name
	Acompsia schmidtiellus; (Heyden, 1848)
Synonyms
	Ypsolophus schmidtiellus Heyden, 1848; Ypsolophus durdhamellus Stainton, 1849; Hypsolopha quadrinella Herrich-Schäffer, 1854;

Acompsia schmidtiellus is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in central, eastern and southern Europe, from Denmark to southern Spain and Portugal. In the east, the range extends to Ukraine.^[1]

The wingspan is 14–16 mm for males and 15–17 mm for females. The forewings are light orange-brown, mottled with some black scales. Females have more plain orange-brown forewings. The hindwings are grey. Adults are on wing from June to late August.

The larvae feed on Origanum vulgare, Mentha arvensis, Mentha silvestris, Mentha rotundifolia, Calamintha nepeta and Clinopodium vulgare. They fold a leaf of their host plant and spin it together. The larvae are yellow white with a shining dark brown head. Pupation takes place in a folded leaf or between dry leaves on the ground.^[2]

References[edit]

^ Fauna Europaea^{[dead link]}
^ "A review of the genus Acompsia Huebner, 1825, with description of new species (Gelechiidae)". Nota Lepidopterologica. 25: 109–151. 2002.

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[1] Fauna Europaea^{[dead link]}

[2] "A review of the genus Acompsia Huebner, 1825, with description of new species (Gelechiidae)". Nota Lepidopterologica. 25: 109–151. 2002.

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