Tecmerium spermophagia is a moth in the family Blastobasidae. It is found in Portugal and Spain.[1]
| Tecmerium spermophagia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Blastobasidae |
| Genus: | Tecmerium |
| Species: | T. spermophagia
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| Binomial name | |
| Tecmerium spermophagia Walsingham, 1907
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The wingspan is 14–17 mm. The forewings are whitish cinereous (ash-grey), dusted with brownish grey. The hindwings are shining pale brownish grey.
Larvae have been reared from seed-whorls of Phlomis purpurea.[2]
References
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