Pexicopia malvella

TaxID: 753401

Basic Information

Pexicopia malvella

Hollyhock Seed Moth

Pexicopia malvella, the hollyhock seed moth, is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Jacob H bner in 1805. It is found in almost all of Europe. The wingspan is 17 C20 mm. Adults are on wing from early June to mid-August. The larvae feed inside the seeds of Malva species, Althaea officinalis and Alcea rosea. The species overwinters in a cocoon constructed within the seed.

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Taxonomic Information

Metazoa

Arthropoda

Insecta

Lepidoptera

Gelechiidae

Pexicopia

malvella

unclassified

Photos (5 photos)

Pexicopia malvella
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(c) Jakob Fahr@BY-NC
Pexicopia malvella
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(c) Andrey Ponomarev@BY-NC
Pexicopia malvella
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(c) Andrey Ponomarev@BY-NC
Pexicopia malvella
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(c) Nikolai Vladimirov@BY-NC
Pexicopia malvella
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(c) Andrey Ponomarev@BY-NC

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (2 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Azerbaijan A1 list 2024
Iran Present 2018

Distribution (28 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Present
0
Absent
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Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Austria Present —
Belgium Present —
Switzerland Present —
Germany Present —
Denmark Present —
Spain Present —
Estonia Present —
Finland Present —
France Present —
United Kingdom Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (2 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Assembly Accession Assembly Level Genome Size(Mb) Contig N50(Kb) Scaffold N50(Kb) BUSCO% Downloads Actions
GCA_975146675.1 Chromosome 571 4280 19915 -
GCA_975146295.1 Scaffold 505 4059 19832 -

Transcriptomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

DNA Barcodes (0 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

No DNA barcode records available.

Literature