Tebenna bjerkandrella
Tebenna bjerkandrella is a moth of the family Choreutidae first described by Carl Peter Thunberg in 1784.[1] It is found from Europe, Morocco, Madeira and the Canary Islands through central Asia to Japan. It has also been recorded from South Africa.[2]
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The wingspan is 11–14 mm.
The larvae feed on Inula salicina, Carduus, Carlina, Cirsium, Gnaphalium, Helichrysum species.
Subspecies
- Tebenna bjerkandrella bjerkandrella
- Tebenna bjerkandrella caucasica (Danilevsky, 1976)
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References
- "Tebenna bjerkandrella (Thunberg, 1784)". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
- Kemal, Muhabbet & Koçak, Ahmet Ömer (2007). Synonymous Checklist of the South African Lepidoptera (PDF). Cesa Publications on African Lepidoptera. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-19 – via Internet Archive.
External links
- "05278 Tebenna bjerkandrella (Thunberg, 1784) - Silberfleck-Spreizflügelfalter Artabgrenzung unklar!". Lepiforum e.V. Retrieved December 4, 2019. (in German)
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