Trifurcula josefklimeschi

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Trifurcula josefklimeschi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Trifurcula
Species:
T. josefklimeschi
Binomial name
Trifurcula josefklimeschi
van Nieukerken, 1990

Trifurcula josefklimeschi is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found south of the line running from France to the Czech Republic and Ukraine.

The wingspan is 4.9-6.5 mm for males and 4.9-6.1 mm for females. Adults emerge from late May to mid-September. There might be two generations per year.

The larvae feed on Dorycnium hirsutum and Dorycnium pentaphyllum . They mine the leaves of their host plant. Larvae have been found in January, February, and early April.