Chrysoesthia verrucosa

Chrysoesthia verrucosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Chrysoesthia
Species:	C. verrucosa
Binomial name
	Chrysoesthia verrucosa; Tokár, 1999

Chrysoesthia verrucosa is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria, Hungary and northern Italy.^[1] There are also records from Germany and it is possibly also present in Poland.

The wingspan is 8-9.5 mm.^[2]

The larvae feed on Chenopodium species. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a pear-shaped, full-depth, transparent blotch with a central line of black frass.^[3] Larvae can be found in early August.

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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