''Lampronia'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

moth Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...

s of the family

Prodoxidae The Prodoxidae are a family of moths, generally small in size and nondescript in appearance. They include species of moderate pest status, such as the Lampronia capitella, currant shoot borer, and others of considerable ecological and evolutionar ...

Diversity

The genus has a

Holarctic The Holarctic realm is a biogeographic realm that comprises the majority of habitats found throughout the continents in the Northern Hemisphere. It corresponds to the floristic Boreal Kingdom. It includes both the Nearctic zoogeographical reg ...

distribution and contains about twenty-five described species. There are additional undescribed species in North America, Japan and Iran.

Biology

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Lampronia corticella ''Lampronia corticella'', the raspberry moth, is a moth of the family Prodoxidae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae''. It is found in most of Europe, except Iceland, the Iberian Peni ...

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Lampronia capitella The currant shoot borer moth (''Lampronia capitella'') is a species of moth of the family Prodoxidae. It is found in most of central, northern and eastern Europe. It is also found in North America. Description The wingspan The wingspan ( ...

'' are minor pests on raspberry (''

Rubus idaeus ''Rubus idaeus'' (raspberry, also called red raspberry or occasionally European red raspberry to distinguish it from other raspberry species) is a red-fruited species of ''Rubus'' native to Europe and northern Asia and commonly cultivated in oth ...

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Ribes ''Ribes'' () is a genus of about 200 known species of flowering plants, most of them native to the temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. The species may be known as various kinds of currants, such as redcurrants, blackcurrants, and White ...

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Species

*Subgenus ''Lampronia'' ** '' Lampronia aeneella'' ** ''

Lampronia aeripennella ''Lampronia aeripennella'' is a moth of the family Prodoxidae. It is found in Sweden, Finland, France, Austria, Italy and Romania. The wingspan is 13–19 mm. Adults are on wing in July. The larvae feed in the bark of ''Pyrus communis ' ...

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Lampronia altaica ''Lampronia altaica'' is a moth of the family Prodoxidae. It is found in the Altai Mountains of central Asia, the Ryanggang Province of North Korea and in Japan. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the dist ...

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Lampronia flavimitrella ''Lampronia flavimitrella'' is a moth of the family Prodoxidae. It is found in most of Europe, with the exception of Iceland, Ireland, the Iberian Peninsula and most of the Balkan Peninsula. The wingspan is 13–15 mm. Adults are on wing f ...

'' ** '' Lampronia fuscatella'' ** '' Lampronia intermediella'' ** ''

Lampronia luzella ''Lampronia luzella'' is a moth of the family Prodoxidae. It is found in Ireland, Great Britain, the Benelux, France, central Europe, Italy, Fennoscandia, the Baltic region, Russia, Poland, the Czech Republic and Romania. The wingspan is about ...

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Lampronia morosa ''Lampronia morosa'' is a moth of the family Prodoxidae. It is found in most of Europe, except Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Portugal and part of the Balkan Peninsula. It is also present in the Caucasus and Asia Minor. The wingspan is 12–15&nbs ...

'' ** '' Lampronia novempunctata'' ** '' Lampronia oregonella'' ** ''

Lampronia provectella ''Lampronia provectella'' is a moth of the family Prodoxidae. It is found in France, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Romania. It is also present in Russia east to the Altai Mountains. The wingspan is 16– ...

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Lampronia psychidella ''Lampronia psychidella'' is a moth of the family Prodoxidae. It is found in France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include Fren ...

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Lampronia pubicornis ''Lampronia pubicornis'' is a moth of the family Prodoxidae. It is found in Ireland, Great Britain, France, Spain, Germany, Austria, Hungary and on Sicily, in addition to Venice and occasionally mainland Italy. The wingspan is 12–14 mm. H ...

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Lampronia quinquepunctata ''Lampronia quinquepunctata'' is a moth of the family Incurvariidae. It is known from Nepal. Description The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the opposite wingtip. For examp ...

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Lampronia redimitella ''Lampronia redimitella'' is a moth of the family Prodoxidae. It is found in Fennoscandia, the Baltic region, Poland, the Czech Republic and Germany. The wingspan is 9–11.5 mm. Adults are on wing in May and June. The larvae feed on the b ...

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Lampronia rupella ''Lampronia rupella'' is a moth of the family Prodoxidae. It is found in most of Europe, with the exception of Iceland, Ireland, Great Britain, the Benelux, the Iberian Peninsula, Croatia and Slovenia. The wingspan is 13–16 mm. The larv ...

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Lampronia russatella ''Lampronia russatella'' is a moth of the family Prodoxidae. It is found in mesic forests in eastern North America. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the opposite wingtip. ...

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Lampronia sakhalinella ''Lampronia sakhalinella'' is a moth of the family Prodoxidae. It is found on the Sakhalin island in Russia Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the list of countries and dependenci ...

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Lampronia splendidella ''Lampronia splendidella'' is a moth of the family Prodoxidae. It is found in Germany, Poland, Slovakia, Austria and Switzerland. In the east, the range extends to the Altai Mountains. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an ...

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Lampronia standfussiella ''Lampronia standfussiella'' is a moth of the family Prodoxidae. It is found in central Europe, including the Alps, Germany, Austria and Poland, north to Finland and Sweden and northern Russia. The wingspan is . The larvae probably feed on ''Ro ...

'' ** '' Lampronia stangei'' ** '' Lampronia taylorella'' *Subgenus ''Tanysaccus'' Davis, 1978 ** '' Lampronia aenescens'' ** '' Lampronia humilis'' ** '' Lampronia sublustris''

References

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Prodoxidae Adeloidea genera Taxa named by James Francis Stephens {{Incurvarioidea-stub