Hypercallia citrinalis

Hypercallia citrinalis is a moth of the family Depressariidae. It is found in Europe, Asia Minor, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Mongolia and southern Siberia (Altai, Minusinsk, Irkutsk).

Hypercallia citrinalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Oecophoridae
Genus:	Hypercallia
Species:	H. citrinalis
Binomial name
Hypercallia citrinalis (Scopoli, 1763)
Synonyms
Phalaena citrinalis Scopoli, 1763 Phalaena christiernana Linnaeus, 1767 Hypercallia christiernella (Hübner, [1824]) Carcina christierella (Hübner, [1825]) Hypercallia christiernini (Zeller, 1850)

The wingspan is about 19 mm.The forewings are bright yellow; a streak along basal third of costa with two oblique projections, a slender fascia from middle of costa to 1/3 of dorsum, connected by two downward-oblique bars with an irregular interrupted subterminal fascia, second discal stigma, and a narrow terminal fascia bright crimson. Hindwings are grey. The larva is greenish-grey; dorsal line whitish; dots black, whitish ringed; head and 2 black - speckled. ^[1]

The moth flies from June to July depending on the location.^[2]

The larvae feed on Polygala vulgaris and Polygala calcarea.