Trifurcula cryptella
Species of moth
| Trifurcula cryptella | |
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| Trifurcula cryptella Serbia | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nepticulidae |
| Genus: | Trifurcula |
| Species: | T. cryptella |
| Binomial name | |
| Trifurcula cryptella (Stainton, 1856) | |
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Trifurcula cryptella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is widespread throughout Europe
The wingspan is 4-4.6 mm. The thick erect hairs on the head vertex are ferruginous-yellowish, sometimes mixed with fuscous. The collar is bright yellow. Antennal eyecaps are whitish. The forewings are pale greyish, coarsely irrorated with dark fuscous outer part of cilia whitish-grey. Hindwings grey.[1] External image
The larvae feed on Anthyllis montana, Coronilla coronata, Coronilla emerus, Coronilla emerus emeroides, Coronilla varia, Hippocrepis comosa, Lotus corniculatus, Lotus hispidus, Lotus pedunculatus and Lotus uliginosus. They mine the leaves of their host plant.
References
- ^ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Levarchama cryptella.
Wikispecies has information related to Trifurcula cryptella.
- Review Of The Subgenus Trifurcula (Levarchama), With Two New Species (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae)
- bladmineerders.nl
- lepiforum.de
- Swedish Moths
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