Syncopacma thaumalea (Walsingham, 1905)
Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae
mine
The larva lives in a silken tube, covered wit sand, that ascends from the ground up to the lowest leaves; here fleck mines are eaten.
hostplants
Fabaceae, oligophagous
Astragalus gombo.
phenology
“Till April” (Hering, 1957a).
BENELUX
Not known from the Benelux countries (Fauna Europaea, 2009).
distribution within Europe
North Africa (Hering, 1957a); no information (Fauna Europaea, 2009).
larva
Greenish-white; head brown with black spots laterally; prothoracal shield with large black spots at the rear margin.
synonyms
Aproaerema thaumalea.
references
Hering (1957a.
25.iii.2009