Antispila metallella
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Heliozelidae |
| Genus: | Antispila |
| Species: | A. metallella
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Antispila metallella is a moth of the family Heliozelidae. It is found from Scandinavia to the Pyrenees, Alps and Romania and from Great Britain to Russia.
The wingspan is 8–9 mm. Adults are bronzy metallic with paler metallic markings. They are on wing in May.[2]
The larvae feed on Cornus alba, Cornus mas and Cornus sanguinea. They mine the leaves of their host plant.[3] Larvae can be found from July to August.
References
[edit]- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ Ukmoths
- ^ "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2014-07-19. Retrieved 2011-10-24.
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