Trifurcula bupleurella
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| Species: | T. bupleurella
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| Trifurcula bupleurella (Chretien, 1907)
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Trifurcula bupleurella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in southern France and the Iberian Peninsula.
The larvae feed on Bupleurum fruticosum and . They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of an upper-surface, whitish corridor. It is narrow at first, but considerably widening later. The frass is deposited in a thin black central line. Some mines are contorted and confined to a limited space, others follow a vein and are quite long.
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Categories:
- Nepticulidae
- Moths of Europe
- Trifurcula stubs