Trifurcula salicinae
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| Species: | T. salicinae
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| Trifurcula salicinae Klimesch, 1975
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Trifurcula salicinae is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is endemic to the Canary Islands.
The larvae feed on Globularia salicina. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a faint, fine, straight corridor along the midrib, that is completely filled with frass. Later the corridor widens considerably, with irregular sides and a heavy frass line that leaves a broad transparent margin at either side. The corridor regularly alternates from upper-surface to lower-surface.
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Categories:
- Nepticulidae
- Moths of Africa
- Trifurcula stubs