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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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nepticulidae |
Genus: | Trifurcula |
Species: | 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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