Biology:Trifurcula orientella

Short description: Species of moth

Trifurcula orientella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nepticulidae
Genus:	Trifurcula
Species:	T. orientella
Binomial name
Trifurcula orientella Klimesch, 1953

Trifurcula orientella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found from Portugal and southern France across Liguria and Slovenia and southern central Europe to Greece.

The larvae feed on Genista germanica, Genista hispanica, Genista sylvestris and other small, mostly thorny Genista species. They mine the stems of their host plant.

External links

• Seven Nepticulidae new to the Iberian Peninsula and several new province records (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae)

Wikidata ☰ Q7841626 entry