Mirificarma cytisella

Mirificarma cytisella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Mirificarma
Species:
M. cytisella
Binomial name
Mirificarma cytisella
Synonyms
  • Lita cytisella Treitschke, 1833
  • Gelechia cytisella ab. roseella Hauder, 1918

Mirificarma cytisella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found from most of Europe (except Ireland, Great Britain, Fennoscandia, the Baltic region and part of the Balkan Peninsula) to the Ural Mountains.[2]

The wingspan is 6–8 mm for males and 6-7.5 mm for females.

The larvae feed on Cytisus nigricans, Genista, Calicotome spinosa, Ononis spinosa and possibly Laburnum anagyroides. They feed mostly from within two or three spun leaves.[3][4] Larvae can be found in June, September and October.

Subspecies

  • Mirificarma cytisella cytisella
  • Mirificarma cytisella leonella Amsel, 1959 (Portugal)

References

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  1. ^ Fauna Europaea
  2. ^ Junnilainen, J. et al. 2010: The gelechiid fauna of the southern Ural Mountains, part II: list of recorded species with taxonomic notes (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Zootaxa, 2367: 1–68. Preview
  3. ^ Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History)
  4. ^ bladmineerders.nl


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