Syncopacma wormiella

Syncopacma wormiella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Syncopacma
Species: S. wormiella
Binomial name
Syncopacma wormiella
(Wolff, 1958)
Synonyms
  • Stomopteryx wormiella Wolff, 1958

Syncopacma wormiella is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Wolff in 1958. It is found in Germany, Denmark, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Ukraine, European Russia, as well as the Russian Far East.[1][2]

The wingspan is about 12 mm.

The larvae feed on Ononis spinosa.

Etymology

The species is named in honour of Mr. J. G. Worm-Hansen, who took the first Danish specimen.[3]

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