Glyphipterix simpliciella

Cocksfoot moth
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Glyphipterigidae
Genus: Glyphipterix
Species: G. simpliciella
Binomial name
Glyphipterix simpliciella
(Stephens, 1834)
Synonyms
  • Heribeia simpliciella Stephens, 1834
  • Heribeia cognatella Stephens,1834
  • Oecophora conjunctella O. G. Costa, 1834
  • Ornix colluripennella O. G. Costa, 1834
  • Elachista aechmiella Duponcel, 1838
  • Aechmia fischeriella Zeller, 1839
  • Aechmia desiderella Fischer von Röslerstamm, 1851
  • Aechmia desideratella Duponchel, 1842
  • Aechmia roesllerstammella Fischer von Röslerstamm, 1843
  • Glyphipteryx nattani Gozmány, 1954

Glyphipterix simpliciella, the cocksfoot moth, is a species of moth of the family Glyphipterigidae. It is found in the western part of the Palaearctic ecozone and is common in much of Britain and Ireland.

A head of Dactylis glomerata tenanted by larva
Larva

The wingspan is 6–9 mm. Adults are on wing from May to July.

The larvae feed on the seeds of Dactylis glomerata and Festuca arundinacea and later pupate in the stem.


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