Trifurcula immundella

Broom pygmy moth
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Trifurcula
Species:
T. immundella
Binomial name
Trifurcula immundella
(Zeller, 1839)
Synonyms
  • Lyonetia immundella Zeller, 1839

Trifurcula immundella, the broom pygmy moth, is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in western Europe, wherever the host plant occurs.

The wingspan is 6–8.4 mm. The thick erect hairs on the head vertex are ferruginous-yellowish, sometimes mixed with fuscous. The collar is rust brown. The antennal eyecaps are whitish. The forewings are ochreous-grey-whitish, coarsely irrorated with fuscous. The hindwings are grey.[1] [2][3][4] External image

Adults are on wing from June to August.

The larvae feed on Cytisus scoparius.

References

  1. ^ Zagulajev, A.K., 1987 Nepticulidae (Stigmellidae); in G.S. Medvedev (ed.): Keys to the insects of the europaean part of the USSR, Vol.IV: Lepidoptera, part 1 (english translation), Oxonian Press Pvt.Ltd., New Dehli, 1987
  2. ^ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London
  3. ^ lepiforum.de includes imagesPublic Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  4. ^ Emmet, A. M., 1976. Nepticulidae. — In: J. Heath (ed.). The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 1: 171—267, pls. 1—7, 11, 12.
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