| Trifurcula cryptella | |
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| Genitalia preparation Leafmine | |
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| Trifurcula cryptella Serbia | |
Scientific classification  | |
| 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. The hindwings are grey. [1] [2] External image Requires microscopic examination of the genitalia for identification. [3] [4]
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.
