Syncopacma karvoneni

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Syncopacma karvoneni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Syncopacma
Species:
S. karvoneni
Binomial name
Syncopacma karvoneni
(Hackman, 1950)
Synonyms
  • Stomopteryx karvoneni Hackman, 1950
  • Aproaerema karvoneni

Syncopacma karvoneni is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Hackman in 1950. It is found in Switzerland, Fennoscandia and northern Russia.[1][2]

The wingspan is 11–13 mm.[3]

The larvae feed on Vicia cracca, Trifolium pratense, Lathyrus pratensis, Lathyrus palustris and Melilotus alba. Young larvae mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a small full-depth gallery.[4]

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