Trifurcula pallidella

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Trifurcula pallidella
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Trifurcula
Species:
T. pallidella
Binomial name
Trifurcula pallidella
(Duponchel, 1843)
Synonyms
  • Oecophora pallidellaDuponchel, [1843]
  • Trifurcula incognitellaToll, 1936

Trifurcula pallidella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is the type species of the genus Trifurcula .

The wingspan is 7.5–9 mm. Adults are on wing from May to early or mid-July. There is one generation per year.

The larvae feed on Chamaecytisus albus, Chamaecytisus austriacus, Chamaecytisus hirsutus , Chamaecytisus ratisbonensis, Chamaecytisus ruthenicus, Cytisus procumbens and Lembotropis nigricans . The larvae make galls on their host plant.


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