Scythris crassiuscula

Scythris picaepennis is a moth of the family Scythrididae first described by the German entomologist Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1855. It is found in Europe.

Scythris crassiuscula
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Scythrididae
Genus:	Scythris
Species:	S. crassiuscula
Binomial name
Scythris crassiuscula (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855)
Synonyms[1]
Oecophora crassiuscula Herrich-Schäffer, 1855

Description

The moth has a wingspan of circa 10 mm. The forewings are rather short-pointed, shining dark bronzy. Hindwings nearly 1, cilia less than 2; dark purplish -fuscous; 4 and 5 connate or stalked Abdomen in female beneath with an ochreous- whitish suffusion on anteapical segment. ^[2] The moth flies during the day from June to September.^[3] The larvae form a loose spinning near the base of its food plant, rock-rose (Helianthemum species), eating the upper surface of the lower leaves.^[3]