Trifurcula orientella

Trifurcula orientella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found from Portugal and southern France across Liguria and Slovenia and southern central Europe to Greece.

Trifurcula orientella
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T. orientella
Binomial name
Trifurcula orientella
Klimesch, 1953

The larvae feed on Genista germanica, Genista hispanica, Genista sylvestris and other small, mostly thorny Genista species. They mine the stems of their host plant.


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