Species: Svart fjellmott (Metaxmeste schrankiana)
Other names: vanlig fjellmott
Norwegian name: Svart fjellmott
Host plants: Bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus), Bog Bilberry (Vaccinium uliginosum), Cowberry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea), Heather (Calluna vulgaris)
Confusion species: Olivenfjellmott (Metaxmeste phrygialis)
Food: Bærlyngslekta (Vaccinium), Heather (Calluna vulgaris)
Systematics :
Kingdom | Animals (Animalia) | ||||||||
Phylum | Articulate animals (Arthropoda) | ||||||||
Klasse | Insects (Insecta) | ||||||||
Order | Moths and butterflies (Lepidoptera) | ||||||||
Group | Micro-moths («Micro-heterocera») | ||||||||
Family | Snout moths (Pyralidae) | ||||||||
Subfamily | Odontiinae | ||||||||
Genus | Metaxmeste | ||||||||
Species | Svart fjellmott (Metaxmeste schrankiana) |