Mirificarma lentiginosella

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Mirificarma lentiginosella
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Mirificarma
Species:
M. lentiginosella
Binomial name
Mirificarma lentiginosella
(Zeller, 1839) [1]
Synonyms
  • Gelechia lentiginosellaZeller, 1839

Mirificarma lentiginosella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found from most of Europe (except Ireland, Sweden, Finland, most of the Baltic region and part of the Balkan Peninsula) to the Ural Mountains and Turkey. [2]

A sprig of Genista tinctoria eaten by larva Mirificarma lentiginosella a sprig of Genista tinctoria eaten by larva.JPG
A sprig of Genista tinctoria eaten by larva
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Larva

The wingspan is 6.5-8.5 mm for males and 6–8 mm for females. [3] Adults are on wing from June to August.

The larvae feed on Genista tinctoria , Genista anglica , Genista germanica , Genista sagittalis and Laburnum anagyroides .

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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
  3. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History)