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Syncopacma cinctella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in all of Europe, Asia Minor and North Africa.[1] In the east, the range extends through Siberia to the Russian Far East.

Syncopacma cinctella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Syncopacma
Species:	S. cinctella
Binomial name
Syncopacma cinctella (Clerck, 1759)
Synonyms
Phalaena vorticella Scopoli, 1763 Syncopacma vorticella (Scopoli, 1763) Phalaena cinctella Clerck, 1759 Phalaena ligulella Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775 Gelechia ruptella Constant, 1865 Anacampsis obliquella Ragonot, 1875 Anacampsis perforatella Reutti, 1898 Anacampsis vorticella ab. destrigella Klemensiewicz, 1902 Syncopacma finlandica Gozmány, 1957

The wingspan is 10–14 mm. The forewings are bronzy-black; a nearly straight narrow white fascia beyond middle. Hindwings are fuscous, darker posteriorly. Under-surface with white fascia appearing only as a costal spot on forewings. The larva is pale green, suffused with reddish head pale yellow-brown; 2 with four black semilunules filled with yellow-brown. [2]

Adults are on wing from June to August.

The larvae feed on Lotus corniculatus. The larvae live between leaves spun together with silk.

References

External links

• Swedish Moths
• lepidoptera.pl
• Fauna Europaea

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