Chrysoesthia eppelsheimi

Chrysoesthia eppelsheimi is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in France, Germany and Switzerland.[1]

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

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)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-09-27. Retrieved 2013-09-26.
  3. "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2013-09-28. Retrieved 2013-09-26.


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