Biology:Chrysoesthia eppelsheimi
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Short description: Species of moth
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| Species: | C. eppelsheimi
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| Chrysoesthia eppelsheimi (Staudinger, 1885)
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Chrysoesthia eppelsheimi is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in France , Germany and Switzerland .[1]
The wingspan is 6–8 mm. There are three metallic silvery transverse fasciae on the forewings.[2]
The larvae feed on Silene flavescens, Silene nutans and Silene vulgaris. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine starts as a winding gallery with brown frass. The gallery widens into a full-depth, transparent, elongate blotch with a central black frass line.[3] Larvae can be found from June to September.
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- ↑ Fauna Europaea
- ↑ "Additional data on the distribution and early stages of Chrysoesthia verrucosa (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)". http://webh01.ua.ac.be/vve/Phegea/2006/Phegea34-1_13-16.pdf.
- ↑ "bladmineerders.nl". http://www.bladmineerders.nl/minersf/lepidopteramin/chrysoesthia/eppelsheimi/eppelsheimi.htm.
Wikidata ☰ Q13466904 entry
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