''Glyphipterix equitella'' is a

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of ...

of the family

Glyphipterigidae The Glyphipterigidae are a family of small moths commonly known as sedge moths, as the larvae of many species feed on sedges and rushes. More than 500 species have been described in the family. Characters The moths have a wingspan of 7 to 16 mil ...

. It is found from

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to the

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and

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and from

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. The

wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingspan ...

is 9–10 mm. The forewings are dark bronzy fuscous; from five to seven white streaks from posterior half of costa, first markedly broadest and most oblique, others sometimes bright leaden -metallic in disc ; a curved very oblique white streak from middle of dorsum, reaching half across wing ; an erect silvery-metallic mark before tornus ; a silvery-metallic mark along tornal margin ; a blackish apical spot ; dark line of cilia indented below apex ; a dark hook above apex. Hindwings are grey.The larva is pale yellow; head and plate of 2 black Adults are on wing from June to July in one generation per year. The larvae feed on '' Sedum acre'' and '' Sedum anglicum''. They mine the leaves of their host plant. Pupation takes place outside of the mine.UKmoths
/ref> Full-grown larvae can be found in late May. The larvae are pale yellow with a black head.

Subspecies

*''Glyphipterix equitella equitella'' *''Glyphipterix equitella crassilunella'' Rebel, 1916 (Canary Islands, Crete, Sardinia)

References

Moths described in 1763 Glyphipterigidae Moths of Europe Taxa named by Giovanni Antonio Scopoli {{Glyphipterigidae-stub