Orthotelia

Orthotelia is a genus of moths in the subfamily Orthoteliinae. Orthotelia sparganella, a moth of the family Glyphipterigidae, is its only species.

Orthotelia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Glyphipterigidae
Subfamily:	Orthoteliinae Herrich-Schaffer, 1857
Genus:	Orthotelia Stephens, 1829
Species:	O. sparganella
Binomial name
Orthotelia sparganella (Thunberg, 1788)
Synonyms
Genus: Caulobius Duponchel, 1838 Species: Tinea sparganella Thunberg, 1788 Depressaria venosa Haworth, 1811 Tinea tostella Hübner, [1824]

O. sparganella is found in most of Europe, except Spain, most of the Balkan Peninsula and Ukraine.^[1]

lFig. 6 larva after final moult

The wingspan is 20–28 millimetres (0.79–1.10 in). The forewings are whitish ochreous to reddish-ochreous, usually more or less suffused with dark purplish-fuscous, especially on a longitudinal discal streak dilated posteriorly, veins often marked with pale streaks; often several dark fuscous dots on fold, and a suffused dark spot in disc at 2/3. Hindwings ochreous-whitish to whitish-grey, lower half of termen suffused with grey. The larva is grey or whitish; head reddish-brown; 13 much flattened.^[2]

Adults are on wing in July and August.^[3]

The larvae can be found from May to June. They feed on Iris pseudacorus, Glyceria maxima, Scirpus lacustris, Sparganium and Typha, mining the young leaves of the host plant.^[4]