Chrysoesthia eppelsheimi
Species of moth
Chrysoesthia eppelsheimi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gelechiidae |
Genus: | Chrysoesthia |
Species: | C. eppelsheimi |
Binomial name | |
Chrysoesthia eppelsheimi (Staudinger, 1885) | |
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Chrysoesthia eppelsheimi is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in France, Germany and Switzerland.[1]
The wingspan is 6–8 mm.[2]
The larvae feed on Silene flavescens, Silene nutans and Silene vulgaris. They mine the leaves of their host plant.[3] Larvae can be found from June to September.
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