Tinagma balteolella is a moth in the Douglasiidae family. It is found in Great Britain, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, Spain, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania, Poland, Lithuania and Ukraine.[1] It is also found in Morocco and Jordan.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Douglasiidae |
| Genus: | Tinagma |
| Species: | T. balteolella
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| Tinagma balteolella (Fischer von Röslerstamm, 1841)
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The wingspan is 8–9 mm (0.31–0.35 in).
The larvae feed on Echium vulgare and Echium biebersteini. They mine the stems of their host plant.[2] The species overwinters in a cocoon.[3]
References
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- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ Gaedike, R., 2007 (2009): Some new and interesting Microlepidoptera from the collection of the Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig (ZFMK), Bonn (Lepidoptera: Tineidae, Epermeniidae, Acrolepiidae, Douglasiidae). Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 56 (1-2): 101-106. Full article: "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-27. Retrieved 2012-02-27.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Hants Moths
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