Chrysoesthia eppelsheimi

Chrysoesthia eppelsheimi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Chrysoesthia
Species:	C. eppelsheimi
Binomial name
	Chrysoesthia eppelsheimi; (Staudinger, 1885)
Synonyms
	Nannodia eppelsheimi Staudinger, 1885; Chrysopora eppelsheimi; Microsetia eppelsheimi;

Chrysoesthia eppelsheimi is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in France, Germany and Switzerland.^[1]

The wingspan is 6–8 mm. There are three metallic silvery transverse fasciae on the forewings.^[2]

The larvae feed on Silene flavescens, Silene nutans and Silene vulgaris. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine starts as a winding gallery with brown frass. The gallery widens into a full-depth, transparent, elongate blotch with a central black frass line.^[3] Larvae can be found from June to September.

References

^ Fauna Europaea
^ "Additional data on the distribution and early stages of Chrysoesthia verrucosa (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-09-27. Retrieved 2013-09-26.
^ "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2013-09-28. Retrieved 2013-09-26.

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[1] Fauna Europaea

[2] "Additional data on the distribution and early stages of Chrysoesthia verrucosa (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-09-27. Retrieved 2013-09-26.

[3] "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2013-09-28. Retrieved 2013-09-26.

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