Glyphipterix bergstraesserella

Glyphipterix bergstraesserella is a moth of the family Glyphipterigidae. It is found in most of Europe, except Ireland, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Portugal, most of the Balkan Peninsula and Ukraine.^[1]

Glyphipterix bergstraesserella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Glyphipterigidae
Genus:	Glyphipterix
Species:	G. bergstraesserella
Binomial name
Glyphipterix bergstraesserella (Fabricius, 1781)
Synonyms
Tinea bergstraesserella Fabricius, 1781 Glyphipterix pietruskii Nowicki, 1864 Glyphipterix altioriella Bauer, 1923 Phalaena Tinea linneella Linnaeus, 1790 Tinea lineella Hübner, [1796] Tortrix lineana Hübner, [1796] Glyphipterix linneana Hübner, [1825] Glyphipterix linneella Hübner, [1825] Tortrix treitschkeana Frölich, 1828 Glyphipteryx bergstraesserella ab. arcuatella Klemensiewicz, 1907

The wingspan is 10–15 mm. Adults are on wing from May to July and in October.^[2]

The larvae feed on Luzula luzuloides.^[3] They bore the stem of their host plant.