Shiny moths

I keep being confused about some of these red and silver guys spread across several families, so here is a short reminder to myself of European genera containing such beauties. I also added some species for fun, which also share this fantastic convergence towards silver scales shining amidst shades of orange and red.

Gelechioidea

Coleophoridae

Coleophora

Cosmopterigidae

Elachistidae

Chrysoclista

Gelechiidae

Chrysoesthia
Aristotelia

Momphidae

Mompha

Oecophoridae

Promalactis
Schiffermuelleria

Gracillarioidea

Gracillariidae

Phyllonorycter

Yponomeutoidea

Heliodinidae

Heliodines

Glyphipterigidae

Glyphipterix
Lepidotarphius

Choreutoidea

Choreutidae

Tebenna

Epermenioidea

Epermeniidae

Ochromolopis

Tortricoidea

Tortricidae

Acleris
Celypha
Commophila
Olethreutes
Pseudargyrotoza
Ptycholoma
Rhyacionia (to be illustrated)

Coleophora limoniella	Cosmopterix zieglerella	Eteobalea isabellella
Pancalia leuwenhoekella	Stagmatophora heydeniella	Vulcaniella pomposella
Chrysoclista linneella	Chrysoesthia drurella	Aristotelia heliacella
Mompha locupletella	Promalactis procerella	Schiffermuelleria schaefferella
Phyllonorycter schreberella	Heliodines roesella	Glyphipterix bergstraesserella
Lepidotarphius perornatella	Tebenna chingana	Ochromolopis ictella
Acleris bergmanniana	Celypha siderana	Commophila aeneana
Olethreutes arcuella	Pseudargyrotoza conwagana	Ptycholoma lecheana

Posted on October 22, 2021 11:47 PM by

tommy_andriollo

Shiny moths

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