Glyphipterix umbilici

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Glyphipterix umbilici
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Glyphipterigidae
Genus: Glyphipterix
Species:
G. umbilici
Binomial name
Glyphipterix umbilici
M. Hering, 1927
Synonyms
  • Glyphipterix talhouki Diakonoff, 1978

Glyphipterix umbilici is a moth of the family Glyphipterigidae. It is found on the Canary Islands and Sardinia and in Portugal[1] and Lebanon.[2]

The larvae feed on Umbilicus rupestris. They mine the leaves of their host plant.[3] The larvae are yellowish white with a brown head. They can be found in February and April.

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