Chrysoesthia eppelsheimi

Chrysoesthia eppelsheimi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Chrysoesthia
Species: C. eppelsheimi
Binomial name
Chrysoesthia eppelsheimi
(Staudinger, 1885)
Synonyms
  • Nannodia eppelsheimi Staudinger, 1885
  • Chrysopora eppelsheimi
  • Microsetia eppelsheimi

Chrysoesthia eppelsheimi is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. 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.

References

  1. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  2. ↑ Additional data on the distribution and early stages of Chrysoesthia verrucosa (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)
  3. ↑ bladmineerders.nl


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