Trifurcula immundella, the broom pygmy moth, is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in western Europe, wherever the host plant occurs.
Broom pygmy moth | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nepticulidae |
Genus: | Trifurcula |
Species: | T. immundella
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Binomial name | |
Trifurcula immundella (Zeller, 1839)
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Synonyms | |
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The wingspan is 6–8.4 mm. The thick erect hairs on the head vertex are ferruginous-yellowish, sometimes mixed with fuscous. The collar is rust brown. Antennal eyecaps are whitish. The forewings are ochreous-grey-whitish, coarsely irrorated with fuscous. Hindwings grey.[1] External image
Adults are on wing from June to August.
The larvae feed on Cytisus scoparius.
References
edit- ^ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London
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