Epermenia aequidentellus
Epermenia aequidentellus, also known as the carrot lance-wing, is a moth of the family Epermeniidae found in Europe, Madeira and the Canary Islands. It was first described by Ernest Hofmann in 1867, from a specimen found in Vorderer Kaiser, near Kufstein, Austria.
Description
The wingspan is 9–12 mm. Closely resembles Epermenia chaerophyllella see that species for differences.Adults are on wing from June to July and again from September to October in two generations per year.
The larvae feed on bur-chervil, Athamanta cretensis, wild carrot, baldmoney, Peucedanum species, burnet-saxifrage, villous deadly carrot and spreading hedgeparsley. They initially mine the leaves of their host plant. Larvae can be found from May to June and again from August to September. They are translucent yellowish green with a darker dorsal line and black or brown spots and a black head.