Euspilapteryx auroguttella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It resides across Europe.
Description The wingspan is 9–10 mm. Antennae have a white apex. The forewings are dark fuscous and purplish- tinged. Roundish spots appear below costa at 1/3, on costa at 2/3, and two on dorsum near base and before tornus bright yellow. Hindwings are grey. The larva is whitish-green; dorsal line greener; the head is pale yellow-brown.Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf Keys and descriptionKuznetsov V.I., 1990 Gracillariidae; in G.S. Medvedev (ed.): Keys to the insects of the europaean part of the USSR, Vol.IV: Lepidoptera, part 2 (english translation), Oxonian Press Pvt.Ltd., New Dehli, 1987Heath, J. & Emmet, A. M. (Hrsg.) (1985): The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland. Volume 2: Cossidae – Heliodinidae. Harley Books, Colchester, Essex.
Ecology Adults are on wing in May and August in two generations.
The larvae feed on Hypericum adenotrichum, Hypericum elegans, Hypericum hircinum, Hypericum hirsutum, Hypericum humifusum, Hypericum maculatum, Hypericum montanum, Hypericum olympicum, Hypericum perforatum, Hypericum rhodoppeum and Hypericum tetrapterum. They mine the leaves of their host plant.
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