Eteobalea teucrii
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Eteobalea teucrii is a moth
in the Cosmopterigidae
family. It is found in Spain
.
The wingspan
is about 22 mm. The forewings are bronzy black with three white dorsal patches. The hindwings are shining, leaden grey.
The larvae form galls on Teucrium fruticans
. They are white without markings and a black head. They reach a length of about 11 mm.
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
in the Cosmopterigidae
Cosmopterigidae
Cosmopterigidae is a family of insects in the Lepidoptera order. These are small moths with narrow wings whose tiny larvae feed internally on the leaves, seeds, stems, etc of their host plants. There are about 1,500 described species...
family. It is found in Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
.
The wingspan
Wingspan
The wingspan of an airplane or a bird, is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777 has a wingspan of about ; and a Wandering Albatross caught in 1965 had a wingspan of , the official record for a living bird.The term wingspan, more technically extent, is...
is about 22 mm. The forewings are bronzy black with three white dorsal patches. The hindwings are shining, leaden grey.
The larvae form galls on Teucrium fruticans
Teucrium fruticans
Teucrium fruticans also known as tree germander and shrubby germander is a species of the genus Teucrium and of the mint family Lamiaceae.-Distribution:Native:...
. They are white without markings and a black head. They reach a length of about 11 mm.