Tebenna gnaphaliella

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Tebenna gnaphaliella
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Choreutidae
Genus: Tebenna
Species:
T. gnaphaliella
Binomial name
Tebenna gnaphaliella
(Kearfott, 1902) [1]
Synonyms
  • Choreutis gnaphaliellaKearfott, 1902

Tebenna gnaphaliella, the everlasting tebenna moth, is a moth of the family Choreutidae. It is found from Florida to California and north at least to New Hampshire.

The wingspan is about 10 mm. [2] It is extremely similar/identical to the Palearctic Tebenna micalis .

Adults are on wing in June and July. There are probably at least two generations per year. They are usually found on flowers of herbaceous plants.

The larvae feed on various plants (cudweed, everlasting, pussytoes) formerly placed in the genus Gnaphalium , including Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium , Pseudognaphalium helleri , and Helichrysum species. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

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References

  1. ↑ "choreutidae.lifedesks.org". choreutidae.lifedesks.org. Retrieved 2011-12-19.
  2. ↑ "Bug Guide". Bug Guide. Retrieved 2011-12-19.

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