Trifurcula sinica

Trifurcula sinica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Trifurcula
Species: T. sinica
Binomial name
Trifurcula sinica
(Yang, 1989)
Synonyms
  • Sinopticula sinica Yang, 1989

Trifurcula sinica is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It was described by Yang in 1989.[1] It is known from the Shaanxi in China.[2]

Adults have been recorded in April.

The larvae make galls in young branches of Prunus cerasifera, Prunus dulcis and Prunus persica.

References

  1. "Invertebrates" Taxonomy and distribution of the Trifurcula (Glaucolepis) raikhonae group (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae)
  2. "Nepticulidae and Opostegidae of the world". Nepticuloidea.info. 2010-12-20. Retrieved 2011-12-16.


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