''Nephopterix angustella'' is a

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 ...

of the family

Pyralidae The Pyralidae, commonly called pyralid moths, snout moths or grass moths, are a family of Lepidoptera in the ditrysian superfamily Pyraloidea. In many (particularly older) classifications, the grass moths (Crambidae) are included in the Pyr ...

described by

Jacob Hübner Jacob Hübner (20 June 1761 – 13 September 1826, in Augsburg) was a German entomologist. He was the author of ''Sammlung Europäischer Schmetterlinge'' (1796–1805), a founding work of entomology. Scientific career Hübner was the author of '' ...

in 1796. It is found in Europe. The

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

is .The forewings are greyish ochreous, mixed with reddish-ochreous, somewhat sprinkled with ashy-whitish, ith a few black scales, tending to form short dashes in disc; a thick erect bar of blackish raised scales from dorsum before first line, reaching 3/4 across wing; first line faintly paler, obscurely reddish-edged; second obscure, marked with some short black dashes towards costa; some indistinct black terminal dots. Hindwings fuscous-whitish, termen fuscous. The larva is dull green or ochreous-yellow; dorsal line darker; lateral and more obscure spiracular series of ferruginous or purplish marks; head brown; 3 with black lateral spot: in berries of ''Euonymus'' Goater, B., Dyke . G. and Tweedie, R. 1986 ''British Pyralid Moths: A Guide to Their Identification'' The moth flies from May to October depending on the location. The larvae feed on

bird cherry Bird cherry is a common name for the Eurasian plant ''Prunus padus''. Bird cherry may also refer to: * Prunus subg. Padus, ''Prunus'' subg. ''Padus'', a group of species closely related to ''Prunus padus'' * ''Prunus avium'', the cultivated cherry ...

and ''

Euonymus europaeus ''Euonymus europaeus'', the spindle, European spindle, or common spindle, is a species of flowering plant in the family Celastraceae, native to much of Europe, where it inhabits the edges of forest, hedges and gentle slopes, tending to thrive on ...

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Lepidoptera of Belgium

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''Nephopterix angustella'' on UKMoths
Phycitini Moths described in 1796 Moths of Europe {{Phycitini-stub