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Yellow-barred Gold
Micropterix aureatella
Micropterix aureatella is a moth of the family Micropterigidae. It is found in the Palearctic ecozone (from Europe to Japan) except North Africa.
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Description
The wingspan is 9–11 millimetres (0.35–0.43 in). The head is light ferruginous in colour, the forewings shining bronzy-purple with a straight fascia towards base, a rather oblique somewhat bent median fascia, and a spot towards costa posteriorly pale shining golden (forewings with termen always bronzy-purple). Hindwings bronzy-grey, posteriorly purplish-tinged. The adults have working mandibles and feed on the pollen of a variety of flowers, especially those of sedges (Carex species).
Larva A single larva has been found amongst fungal hyphae in mixed beech, bilberry and oak leaf litter. The larvae are believed to feed on bilberry (Vaccinium species).
Pupa The pupa is unknown.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 499305.