Trifurcula peloponnesica van Nieukerken, 2007
Lepidoptera, Nepticulidae

Anthyllis hermanniae, Greece, nom. MessinĂa; from van Nieukerken (2007b)
mine
A narrow relatively straight corridor that suddenly widens into an elongate blotch. Frass in a thin, interrupted line at first, almost filling the corridor later. Pupation outside the mine, exit slit in lower epidermis.
hostplants
Fabaceae, narrowly monophagous
Anthyllis hermanniae.
phenology
Larvae found in February, a few also in June.
distribution within Europe
Greece (Peloponnisos).
larva
Yellow, feeding belly-up.
references
van Nieukerken (2007b).
21.vi.2009
Last modified 28.vi.2017