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Mirificarma flavella

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Mirificarma flavella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Mirificarma
Species:
M. flavella
Binomial name
Mirificarma flavella
(Duponchel, 1844)[1]
Synonyms
  • Acompsia flavella Duponchel, 1844
  • Gelechia segetella Zeller, 1847

Mirificarma flavella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Spain, France, Corsica, Italy, Sardinia, Sicily, Serbia and Montenegro, Greece, Crete, Cyprus, Algeria and Tunisia.

The wingspan is 7–9 mm for males and 7.5–9 mm for females. The head is yellowish. The forewings have alternating transverse zig-zag patches of yellowish colour and deep yellow-tinged brown.[2] Adults have been recorded from April to July.

The larvae feed on Trifolium pratense and Lotus corniculatus. Larvae can be found in May and June.

References

  1. ^ Fauna Europaea[dead link]
  2. ^ Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History)


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