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Aspilapteryx tringipennella

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Aspilapteryx tringipennella
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Aspilapteryx tringipennella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from all of Europe.

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Mined leaf of Plantago lanceolata
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Larva

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The wingspan is 10–13 mm. Forewings pale greyish ochreous to light ochreous-yellow; an ill-defined white costal streak from base to near apex; subcostal and median longitudinal rows of black dots, and sometimes two or three on fold. Hindwings grey.[2][3][4]

There are two generations per year, with adults on wing in May and again in August.[5]

The larvae feed on Plantago lanceolata and Plantago maritima. They mine the leaves of their host plant.[6]

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