Decantha borkhausenii is a moth of the family Oecophoridae (concealer moths). It is the type species of the genus Decantha, although it was once placed in the genus Oecophora.Genus details: Decantha, Butterflies and Moths of the World, Natural History Museum. It is found in most of Europe, except Ireland, Great Britain, the Benelux, the Iberian Peninsula, most of the Balkan Peninsula, Denmark and Lithuania.Fauna Europaea
The wingspan is 11–14 mm.Swedish moths The adult moth is yellow and blackish, with a brown hind wing, while the caterpillar is translucent white.Forbes, W.T.M. (1920), The Lepidopteras of New York and neighboring states, p. 248. Adults are on wing from June to August.
The larvae feed on pine trees,Lvovsky, A.L. (2009), "Use of the characters of trophic specialization in the taxonomy of the broad-winged moths (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae, Chimabachidae, Amphisbatidae, Depressariidae)," Entomological Review 89 (3), June, 299–305. tunnelling under the bark.Decantha borkhausenii at Swedish Natural History Museum.
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Decantha borkhausenii at biodiversitylibrary.org Photographs at lepiforum.de Decantha borkhausenii at globalspecies.org