Trifurcula trilobella

Trifurcula trilobella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in mainland Greece as well as the Greek islands.

Trifurcula trilobella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Trifurcula
Species:
T. trilobella
Binomial name
Trifurcula trilobella
Klimesch, 1978

The wingspan is 5-5.5 mm.

The larvae feed on Salvia triloba. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a very slender, tortuous corridor, hardly widening in the end. It is not particularly associated with the leaf margin or venation. The frass is deposited in an irregularly interrupted black central line that occupies about one third of the width of the corridor. Pupation takes place outside of the mine.


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