Trifurcula ortneri

Trifurcula ortneri is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is widespread in the western Mediterranean region, where it is known from the Algarve in Portugal, Spain, France and Italy (Emilia-Romagna, Veneto). It has also been recorded from Croatia (Dalmatia), Morocco and Algeria, eastern Austria, Hungary, Slovakia and Germany (Baden-Württemberg and Thüringen).

The larvae feed on , Coronilla emerus, Coronilla minima, , Coronilla valentina, Coronilla valentine glauca and . They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a long, narrow, little contorted corridor, that follows the leaf margin at some distance. After a moult the corridor gradually widens considerably, generally into a wide corridor, more rarely into a real blotch. The frass in the initial corridor is deposited in a narrow, interrupted, central line. In the wider part, it is deposited in a thick lump with little, narrow interruptions. Pupation takes place outside of the mine.

External links[]

• bladmineerders.nl
• Review Of The Subgenus Trifurcula (Levarchama), With Two New Species (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae)

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