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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]

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

External links

• "05278 Tebenna bjerkandrella (Thunberg, 1784) - Silberfleck-Spreizflügelfalter Artabgrenzung unklar!". Lepiforum e.V. Retrieved December 4, 2019. (in German)

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