Chrysoesthia drurella

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Chrysoesthia drurella
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Chrysoesthia
Species:
C. drurella
Binomial name
Chrysoesthia drurella
(Fabricius, 1775) [1]
Synonyms
  • Tinea drurellaFabricius, 1775
  • Pyralis myllerellaFabricius, 1794
  • Tinea myllerella
  • Tinea zinckeellaHübner, 1810-13
  • Cosmopteryx hierochloaeStainton, 1870
  • Cosmopteryx orichalciellaMorris, 1870
  • Tinea hermannellaFabricius, 1781

Chrysoesthia drurella is a moth from the family Gelechiidae. In is found in most of Europe, Russia and North America. [2]

Mined leaves of Chenopodium (3b, 3b*) Chrysoesthia drurella mines.JPG
Mined leaves of Chenopodium (3b, 3b*)
Mined leaf Chrysoesthia drurella, Minen-Salzburg, Untersberggebiet, Grodig-E-MK-20363a.jpg
Mined leaf
Young larva (3a), adult larva (3a*) Chrysoesthia drurella larvae.JPG
Young larva (3a), adult larva (3a*)

The wingspan is 7–9 mm.

The host plants are Chenopodium and Atriplex species. Chrysoesthia drurella can mainly be found in agricultural areas. The moth has two generations in one year. The first in May and June and the second in August and September.

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References

  1. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  2. ↑ Junnilainen, J.et al. 2010: The gelechiid fauna of the southern Ural Mountains, part II: list of recorded species with taxonomic notes (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Zootaxa, 2367: 1–68. Preview


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