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Trifurcula bleonella

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Species of moth

Trifurcula bleonella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Trifurcula
Species: T. bleonella
Binomial name
Trifurcula bleonella
(Chrétien, 1904)

Trifurcula bleonella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It was described by Pierre Chrétien in 1904. It is known from the Iberian Peninsula, France, Austria, Croatia, Hungary, the southern part of the Balkan Peninsula, Ukraine, southern Russia and Georgia.

The larvae feed on Linum species, including L. narbonense. They mine the stem of their host plant.

References

  1. Markku Savela (2010-10-06). "Trifurcula". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 2011-12-16.
  2. Rank:  Species. "Nepticulidae and Opostegidae of the world". Nepticuloidea.info. Retrieved 2011-12-16.
Taxon identifiers
Trifurcula bleonella


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