Glyptoteles
Glyptoteles is a monotypic moth genus belonging to the family Pyralidae. Its single species, described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1848, Glyptoteles leucacrinella, is found in most of Europe except Great Britain, Ireland, Fennoscandia, Portugal and most of the Balkan Peninsula.
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| Genus: | Glyptoteles Zeller, 1848 |
| Species: | G. leucacrinella |
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The caterpillars of G. leucacrinella have been noted for the unusual food they may eat – vegetable remains and dry leaves.[1]
Otherwise, they feed on alder trees (Alnus).
Footnotes
- Grabe (1942)
gollark: "We've credited your account with a credit of 3 credits"
gollark: "Hmm, yes, I'll use my credit card to pay someone with my credits"
gollark: It would be very confusing.
gollark: There's a reason only bad sci-fi calls coins "credits".
gollark: It also makes it not available in distro repos.
References
- Grabe, Albert (1942): Eigenartige Geschmacksrichtungen bei Kleinschmetterlingsraupen ["Strange tastes among micromoth caterpillars"]. Zeitschrift des Wiener Entomologen-Vereins 27: 105-109. (in German)
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