Trifurcula peloponnesica is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. Up to now only known with certainty from Peloponnesus in Greece. In Corsica, mines have been found that could very well belong to this species.
| Trifurcula peloponnesica | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nepticulidae |
| Genus: | Trifurcula |
| Species: | T. peloponnesica
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| Binomial name | |
| Trifurcula peloponnesica van Nieukerken, 2007
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The wingspan is 4.6–5.7 mm for males and 4.9–5.3 mm for females.
The larvae feed on Anthyllis hermanniae. They mine the leaves of their host plant.
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- Review Of The Subgenus Trifurcula (Levarchama), With Two New Species (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae)
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