Trifurcula teucriella

Trifurcula teucriella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Trifurcula
Species: T. teucriella
Binomial name
Trifurcula teucriella
(Chretien, 1914)
Synonyms
  • Nepticula teucriella Chretien, 1914

Trifurcula teucriella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in southern France and Spain.

The larvae feed on Teucrium chamaedrys. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a corridor, widening into a blotch that may occupy the entire leaf. The larva may move to the opposite leaf through the petiole. Pupation takes place outside of the mine.


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