Syncopacma cincticulella

Syncopacma cincticulella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Charles Théophile Bruand d'Uzelle in 1851. It is found in Asia Minor and southern and south-eastern Europe, where it has been recorded from Spain, France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Poland, Ukraine and Russia.[1][2]

Syncopacma cincticulella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Syncopacma
Species:
S. cincticulella
Binomial name
Syncopacma cincticulella
(Bruand, 1851)
Synonyms
  • Oecophora cincticulella Bruand, 1850
  • Anacampsis cincticulella Herrich-Schäffer, 1853

The wingspan is 9–12 mm.[3]

The larvae feed on Astragalus glycyphyllos, Coronilla varia, Cytisus scoparius, Dorycnium species, Genista germanica, Genista tinctoria and Ornithopus species. Young larvae make a full-depth broad corridor with irregular lateral expansions, mostly radiating from the midrib of the leaflet. Older larvae also mine, but from a spinning which is used to connect leaves to either each other or the leaf axis. The larvae are dirty yellowish-white with six reddish length lines.[4]

References
  1. Savela, Markku. "Syncopacma cincticulella (Bruand, 1850)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved April 11, 2018.
  2. Fauna Europaea
  3. Lepiforum.de
  4. Bladmineerders.nl


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