Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) ➔ Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods) ➔ Class Insecta (Insects) ➔ Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and moths) ➔ Family Choreutidae (Metalmark moths)

Anthophila fabriciana (Linnaeus, 1767)

Common Nettle-tap

Synonyms and other combinations:

Tortrix dentana Hübner, 1799 |

  • Anthophila fabriciana 6638
    Anthophila fabriciana (Linnaeus, 1767)    Common Nettle-tap 
    Anthophila fabriciana
    DE, Chemnitz, Hutholz; 2013-08-21 15:07:36
    Image number: 6638

    DE, Chemnitz, Hutholz
    2013-08-21 15:07:36
  • Anthophila fabriciana 1934
    Anthophila fabriciana (Linnaeus, 1767)    Common Nettle-tap 
    Anthophila fabriciana
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald; 2007-05-29 14:50:33
    Image number: 1934

    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald
    2007-05-29 14:50:33
  • Anthophila fabriciana, male 1935
    Anthophila fabriciana (Linnaeus, 1767)    Common Nettle-tap 
    Anthophila fabriciana, male
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald; 2006-06-17 13:48:05
    Image number: 1935
    male
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald
    2006-06-17 13:48:05
  • Anthophila fabriciana, freshly hatched 6777
    Anthophila fabriciana (Linnaeus, 1767)    Common Nettle-tap 
    Anthophila fabriciana, freshly hatched
    DE, Chemnitz; 2014-06-05 11:25:46
    Image number: 6777
    freshly hatched
    DE, Chemnitz
    2014-06-05 11:25:46

Classification:
Anthophila fabriciana belongs to the subfamily Choreutinae.

References, further reading, links:
  1. Beccaloni G., Scoble M., Kitching I., Simonsen T., Robinson G., Pitkin B., Hine A. & Lyal C. (2017). LepIndex: The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (version 12.3, Jan 2012). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2017 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds.). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2017. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X