Stomopteryx detersella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1847. It is found in southern and eastern Europe, where it has been recorded from Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, Poland, Slovakia, Croatia, Albania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania, North Macedonia, Greece, Turkey, Russia and Ukraine, as well as on Sicily, Crete and the Canary Islands.[1][2]
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gelechiidae |
Genus: | Stomopteryx |
Species: | S. detersella
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Binomial name | |
Stomopteryx detersella (Zeller, 1847)
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The wingspan is about 17 mm.[3]
The larvae feed on Eryngium species. At first, the larvae mine the outer layers of the stem, but later bore the stem.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Stomopteryx". ftp.funet.fi. Retrieved 2023-12-27.
- ^ "Fauna Europaea : Taxon Details". faunaeur.org. 2015-09-30. Archived from the original on 2015-09-30. Retrieved 2023-12-27.
- ^ "Stomopteryx detersella - LepiWiki". lepiforum.org. Retrieved 2023-12-27.
- ^ Stomopteryx detersella (Zeller, 1847). bladmineerders.nl, Archived 2015-09-30 at the Wayback Machine