wingspan: 12-18 mmclosely related to Yponomeutidae, pest on cabbage, april till junePhylum: Arthropoda LATREILLE, 1829 (arthropods, Gliederfer)Subphylum: Hexapoda BLAINVILLE, 1816Class: Insecta LINNAEUS, 1758 (insects, Insekten)Subclass: Pterygota LAMG, 1888 (Fluginsekten)Infraclass: Neoptera MARTYNOV, 1923Order: Lepidoptera LINNAEUS, 1758 (butterflies & moths, Schmetterlinge)Suborder: Glossata FABRICIUS, 1775 Infraorder: Heteroneura TILLYARD, 1918Superfamily : YponomeutoideaFamily: Plutellidae (diamondback moths, Schleier- und Halbmotten)Genus:
Plutella SCHRANK, 1802
Plutella xylostella LINNAEUS, 1758 (Diamondback moth, Kohlschabe oder Kohlmotte)some info (German):
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kohlschabemore info:
www.lepiforum.de/lepiwiki.pl?Plutella_XylostellaGermany, Hesse, vic. Kassel: Mattenberg, 230m asl., 20.08.2015_____________________________________________MP-E65mm, Macro Magnification - 1.4x, AL, hand-heldIMG_7253