Tebenna bjerkandrella

Tebenna bjerkandrella is a moth of the family Choreutidae first described by Carl Peter Thunberg in 1784.[1] It is found from Europe, Morocco, Madeira and the Canary Islands through central Asia to Japan. It has also been recorded from South Africa.[2]

Illustration accompanying the original description

Tebenna bjerkandrella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Choreutidae
Genus:
Tebenna
Species:
T. bjerkandrella
Binomial name
Tebenna bjerkandrella
(Thunberg, 1784)
Synonyms
  • Tinea bjerkandrella Thunberg, 1784
  • Choreutis bjerkandrella
  • Porpe bjerkandrella
  • Simaethis bjerkandrella
  • Phalaena Tortrix cardui Strøm, 1783 (suppressed)
  • Choreutis cardui
  • Pyralis bjerkandrana Fabricius, 1787
  • Tortrix vibrana Hübner, [1813]
  • Cochylis vibrana
  • Choreutis vibralis
  • Xylopoda vibrana
  • Simaethis vibrana
  • Choreutis vibrana
  • Hemerophila vibrana
  • Phalaena bjerkandrana
  • Tinea prunnerella
  • Tebenna kawabei Arita, 1975
  • Tebenna caucasica Danilevsky, 1976

The wingspan is 11–14 mm.

The larvae feed on Inula salicina, Carduus, Carlina, Cirsium, Gnaphalium, Helichrysum species.

Subspecies
  • Tebenna bjerkandrella bjerkandrella
  • Tebenna bjerkandrella caucasica (Danilevsky, 1976)

References
  1. "Tebenna bjerkandrella (Thunberg, 1784)". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
  2. Kemal, Muhabbet & Koçak, Ahmet Ömer (2007). Synonymous Checklist of the South African Lepidoptera (PDF). Cesa Publications on African Lepidoptera. 2 – via Internet Archive.


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