Trifurcula
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Trifurcula is a genus of moth
s of the Nepticulidae
family.
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...
s of the Nepticulidae
Nepticulidae
Nepticulidae is a family of very small moths with a worldwide distribution. They are characterised by eyecaps over the eyes . These pigmy moths or midget moths, as they are commonly known, include the smallest of all living moths, with a wingspan that can be as little as 3 mm...
family.
Selected species
- Trifurcula aerificaTrifurcula aerificaTrifurcula aerifica is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1915. It is known from Peru....
(Meyrick, 1915) - Trifurcula albiflorellaTrifurcula albiflorellaTrifurcula albiflorella is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found in Greece and Turkey.The wingspan is 4.25–5 mm.The larvae feed on Nepeta nuda albiflora. The mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a broad corridor, mostly along the leaf margin...
Klimesch, 1978 - Trifurcula alypellaTrifurcula alypellaTrifurcula alypella is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found in mainland Spain, Mallorca and France.The habitat consists of warm limestone areas.The wingspan is 4.75–5 mm....
Klimesch, 1975 - Trifurcula andalusicaTrifurcula andalusicaTrifurcula andalusica is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found in the western parts of Andalusia.The wingspan is 4.6–5 mm.-External links:*...
Z. & A. Lastuvka, 2007 - Trifurcula anthyllidellaTrifurcula anthyllidellaTrifurcula anthyllidella is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found in Spain, on Mallorca and along the South and East coast from Cadiz to Girona on limestone, up into the mountains....
Klimesch, 1975 - Trifurcula argentosaTrifurcula argentosaTrifurcula argentosa is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It was described by Puplesis and Robinson in 2000. It is known from Belize....
(Puplesis & Robinson, 2000) - Trifurcula aurellaTrifurcula aurellaTrifurcula aurella is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is known from France, Italy, Croatia and Greece.The wingspan is about 7 mm.-External links:**...
Rebel, 1933 - Trifurcula austriacaTrifurcula austriacaTrifurcula austriaca is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found in Austria, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. It has also been reported from Greece....
van Nieukerken, 1990 - Trifurcula baldensisTrifurcula baldensisTrifurcula baldensis is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is known from Monte Baldo in Italy.The larvae feed on Genista radiata.-External links:*...
A. & Z. Lastuvka, 2005 - Trifurcula barbertonensisTrifurcula barbertonensisTrifurcula barbertonensis is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It was described by Scoble in 1980. It is known from South Africa ....
Scoble, 1980 - Trifurcula beirneiTrifurcula beirneiTrifurcula beirnei is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found in Great Britain, Denmark and parts of Germany and Poland, Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary. It is also found in the Volga and Ural region of Russia....
Puplesis, 1984 - Trifurcula bleonellaTrifurcula bleonellaTrifurcula bleonella is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It was described by Chrétien in 1904. It is known from the Iberian Peninsula, France, Austria, Croatia, Hungary, the southern part of the Balkan Peninsula, Ukraine, southern Russia and Georgia....
(Chretien, 1904) - Trifurcula bupleurellaTrifurcula bupleurellaTrifurcula bupleurella is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found in southern France and the Iberian Peninsula.The larvae feed on Bupleurum fruticosum and Bupleurum rigidum. The mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of an upper-surface, whitish corridor. It is narrow at...
(Chretien, 1907) - Trifurcula calycotomellaTrifurcula calycotomellaTrifurcula calycotomella is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It was described by A. and Z. Laštuvka in 1997. It was described from Liguria, Italy, but is also found in Spain, France, Croatia and Greece.The larvae feed on Calicotome spinosa....
A. & Z. Lastuvka, 1997 - Trifurcula chamaecytisiTrifurcula chamaecytisiTrifurcula chamaecytisi is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It was described by Z. and A. Lastuvka in 1994. It is known from Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovenia, Hungary and Russia....
Z. & A. Lastuvka, 1994 - Trifurcula corleyiTrifurcula corleyiTrifurcula corleyi is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found in central and southern Spain and Portugal.The wingspan is 4-5.2 mm.-External links:*...
Z. & A. Lastuvka, 2007 - Trifurcula coronillaeTrifurcula coronillaeTrifurcula coronillae is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found along the Mediterranean coast of Spain, but probably has a wider range....
van Nieukerken, 1990 - Trifurcula corothamniTrifurcula corothamniTrifurcula corothamni is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It was described by Z. and A. Lastuvka in 1994. It is known from the Czech Republic and Slovakia....
Z. & A. Lastuvka, 1994 - Trifurcula cryptellaTrifurcula cryptellaTrifurcula cryptella is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is widespread throughout Europe, northwards to southern parts of Norway and Sweden , eastwards to Poland and the Balkan Peninsula, and south to the Mediterranean countries, but there it is rare and confined to mountainous regions...
(Stainton, 1856) - Trifurcula cytisanthiTrifurcula cytisanthiTrifurcula cytisanthi is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It was described by A. and Z. Laštuvka in 2005. It is known from Verona, Italy. The hostplant for the species is Genista radiata....
A. & Z. Lastuvka, 2005 - Trifurcula etnensisTrifurcula etnensisTrifurcula etnensis is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It was described by A. and Z. Laštuvka in 2005. It is known from Mt. Etna, Sicilia....
A. & Z. Lastuvka, 2005 - Trifurcula euremaTrifurcula euremaTrifurcula eurema is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is widespread throughout Europe, northwards to southern Norway and Sweden , Poland and the Baltic Region...
(Tutt, 1899) - Trifurcula globulariaeTrifurcula globulariaeTrifurcula globulariae is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is only known from Macedonia.The larvae feed on Globularia meridionalis. The mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a narrow, straight corridor, entirely filled with frass. Later, the corridor widens strongly...
Klimesch, 1975 - Trifurcula graecaTrifurcula graecaTrifurcula graeca is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It was described by A. and Z. Laštuvka in 1998. It is known from Lakonia, Greece. The host plant for the species is possibly Genista acanthoclada....
Z. & A. Lastuvka, 1998 - Trifurcula hamirella (Chrétien, 1915) (=Trifurcula saturejaeTrifurcula saturejaeTrifurcula hamirella is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found in the Mediterranean Region from the Iberian Peninsula to Greece and in Algeria....
(Parenti, 1963)) - Trifurcula headleyellaTrifurcula headleyellaTrifurcula headleyella is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found in all Europe, with the possible exception of Ireland and the Mediterranean IslandsThe wingspan is 4.2-5.8 mm....
(Stainton, 1854) - Trifurcula helladicaTrifurcula helladicaTrifurcula helladica is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found in Greece .The wingspan is 4-4.4 mm.-External links:*...
Z. & A. Lastuvka, 2007 - Trifurcula ibericaTrifurcula ibericaTrifurcula iberica is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is known from two specimens from the Spanish Pyrenees and Sierra Nevada.The wingspan is 6-7.2 mm for males. Adults were found in the mountains at medial and high altitude in July....
van Nieukerken, 1990 - Trifurcula immundellaTrifurcula immundellaThe Broom Pygmy Moth is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found in western Europe, wherever the host plant occurs.The wingspan is 6-8,4 mm. Adults are on wing from June to August....
(Zeller, 1839) - Trifurcula istriaeTrifurcula istriaeTrifurcula istriae is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is only known from Croatia and northern Italy.The larvae feed on Globularia punctata. The mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a spiral, continued into a very narrow corridor, that only little widens further on. The...
A. & Z. Lastuvka, 2000 - Trifurcula josefklimeschiTrifurcula josefklimeschiTrifurcula josefklimeschi is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found south of the line running from France to the Czech Republic and Ukraine....
van Nieukerken, 1990 - Trifurcula kalavritanaTrifurcula kalavritanaTrifurcula kalavritana is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It was described by A. and Z. Laštuvka in 1998. It is known from Peloponnes, Greece....
Z. & A. Lastuvka, 1998 - Trifurcula lavandulaeTrifurcula lavandulaeTrifurcula lavandulae is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found in Spain and southern France.The wingspan is 5-5.6 mm.The larvae feed on Lavandula angustifolia and Lavandula latifolia. The mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a narrow upper-surface corridor...
Z. & A. Lastuvka, 2007 - Trifurcula liskaiTrifurcula liskaiTrifurcula liskai is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found in Slovenia, northern Italy and Austria.The larvae feed on Globularia cordifolia. The mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a straight, very narrow corridor which is completely filled with frass...
A. & Z. Lastuvka, 2000 - Trifurcula luteolaTrifurcula luteolaTrifurcula luteola is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is known from the Mediterranean region in south-western France.The wingspan is 5.6-6.7 mm for males. Adults were found in July and August....
van Nieukerken, 1990 - Trifurcula macedonicaTrifurcula macedonicaTrifurcula macedonica is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It was described by A. and Z. Laštuvka in 1998. It is known from Negotino, Macedonia....
Z. & A. Lastuvka, 1998 - Trifurcula magnaTrifurcula magnaTrifurcula magna is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It was described by A. and Z. Laštuvka in 1997. It was described from Devinska Kobyla, Slovakia, but is also known from France and Hungary....
A. & Z. Lastuvka, 1997 - Trifurcula manygozaTrifurcula manygozaTrifurcula manygoza is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is only known from Croatia and north-western Greece. But is probably also present in other Balkan countries....
van Nieukerken, A. & Z. Lastuvka, 2007 - Trifurcula melanopteraTrifurcula melanopteraTrifurcula melanoptera is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It was described by van Nieukerken and Puplesis in 1991. It is widespread in southern Europe, where it is known from Spain, southern France, Italy, Sardinia, Austria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, former Yugoslavia and the Crimea...
van Nieukerken & Puplesis, 1991 - Trifurcula micromeriaeTrifurcula micromeriaeTrifurcula micromeriae is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is endemic to the Canary Islands.The larvae feed on Micromeria teneriffae and Micromeria varia. The mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a slender corridor with a broad frass line...
(Walsingham, 1908) - Trifurcula montanaTrifurcula montanaTrifurcula montana is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found in Spain and Sardinia.The wingspan is 5.6-7.2 mm for males and 5.8-7.8 for females....
Z. Lastuvka, A. Lastuvka & Van Nieukerken, 2007 - Trifurcula moravicaTrifurcula moravicaTrifurcula moravica is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It was described by Z. and A. Lastuvka in 1994. It is known from Austria, the Czech Republic and Italy....
Z. & A. Lastuvka, 1994 - Trifurcula oishiellaTrifurcula oishiellaTrifurcula oishiella is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It was described by Matsumura in 1931. It is known from Japan .The larvae form galls in Prunus species....
Matsumura, 1931 - Trifurcula orientellaTrifurcula orientellaTrifurcula orientella is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found from Portugal and southern France across Liguria and Slovenia and southern central Europe to Greece....
Klimesch, 1953 - Trifurcula ortneriTrifurcula ortneriTrifurcula ortneri is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is widespread in western Mediterranean Region, where it is known from the Algarve in Portugal, Spain, France and Italy...
(Klimesch, 1951) - Trifurcula pallidellaTrifurcula pallidellaTrifurcula pallidella is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is the type species of the Trifurcula genus. It is found from south-eastern Germany , east into...
(Duponchel, 1843) - Trifurcula pederiTrifurcula pederiTrifurcula pederi is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found in Spain.The wingspan is 4.2-5.8 mm.-External links:*...
Z. & A. Lastuvka, 2007 - Trifurcula peloponnesicaTrifurcula peloponnesicaTrifurcula peloponnesica is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. Up to now only known with certainty from Peloponnesus in Greece. In Corsica, mines have been found that could very well belong to this species....
van Nieukerken, 2007 - Trifurcula pullusTrifurcula pullusTrifurcula pullus is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It was described by Scoble in 1980. It is known from South Africa ....
Scoble, 1980 - Trifurcula puplesisiTrifurcula puplesisiTrifurcula puplesisi is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is known from the Caspian Sea area in Europe and southern TurkmenistanThe wingspan is 6.2–8 mm for males and about 7.3 mm for females. Adults were found in a steppe almost desert area in May, June and July.-External links:*...
van Nieukerken, 1990 - Trifurcula raikhonaeTrifurcula raikhonaeTrifurcula raikhonae is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It was described by Puplesis in 1985. It is widespread in the Central Asian mountains, including the western and central Tyan Shan , the Gissarskiy ridge in Tadzhikistan, and the northern Kugitangtau mountains in Uzbekistan and in central...
(Puplesis, 1985) - Trifurcula ridiculosaTrifurcula ridiculosaTrifurcula ridiculosa is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is only known from the Canary Islands: Tenerife, La Palma, La Gomera, El Hierro and Madeira, including Porto Santo island....
(Walsingham, 1908) - Trifurcula rosmarinellaTrifurcula rosmarinellaTrifurcula rosmarinella is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found in the Mediterranean Region, from the Iberian Peninsula to Cyprus....
(Chretien, 1914) - Trifurcula rusticulaTrifurcula rusticulaTrifurcula rusticula is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1916. It is known from India....
(Meyrick, 1916) - Trifurcula saccharellaTrifurcula saccharellaTrifurcula saccharella is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found in Ohio.The wingspan is about 4 mm. Mined leaves may be collected in early July and late August; sometimes the larvae of a third generation are found in October. Moths from the overwintering pupae emerge in May and...
(Braun, 1912) - Trifurcula salicinaeTrifurcula salicinaeTrifurcula salicinae is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is endemic to the Canary Islands.The larvae feed on Globularia salicina. The mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a faint, fine, straight corridor along the midrib, that is completely filled with frass...
Klimesch, 1975 - Trifurcula salvifoliaeTrifurcula salvifoliaeTrifurcula salvifoliae is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found in Spain.The wingspan is 4.2-4.8 mm.The larvae feed on Salvia lavandulifolia. The mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a full-depth, very narrow corridor, hardly widening in the end. The first one...
Z. & A. Lastuvka, 2007 - Trifurcula sanctaecrucisTrifurcula sanctaecrucisTrifurcula sanctaecrucis is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is endemic to the Canary Islands.The larvae feed on Lavandula canariensis. The mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a gallery, alternating between upper-surface and lower-surface. The frass is deposited in an...
(Walsingham, 1908) - Trifurcula sanctibenedictiTrifurcula sanctibenedictiTrifurcula sanctibenedicti is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found in Spain.The wingspan is 5-5.5 mm.The larvae feed on Bupleurum fruticescens. The mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a corridor, mostly starting in or near the tip of the leaf and winding in two...
Klimesch, 1979 - Trifurcula serotinellaTrifurcula serotinellaTrifurcula serotinella is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It was described by Herrich-Schäffer in 1855. It is known from France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, the Czech Republic and Romania....
Herrich-Schaffer, 1855 - Trifurcula silviaeTrifurcula silviaeTrifurcula silviae is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is known from the Alps and pre-alps of south-eastern France.The wingspan is 5.8–7 mm for males and 5.8 mm for females...
van Nieukerken, 1990 - Trifurcula sinicaTrifurcula sinicaTrifurcula sinica is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It was described by Yang in 1989. It is known from the Shaanxi in China.Adults have been recorded in April....
(Yang, 1989) - Trifurcula squamatellaTrifurcula squamatellaTrifurcula squamatella is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It was described by Stainton in 1849. It is found in most of Europe.The wingspan is 7.8-9.8 mm for males and 8.4–10 mm for females.The larvae probably mine the bark of Broom....
Stainton, 1849 - Trifurcula stoechadellaTrifurcula stoechadellaTrifurcula stoechadella is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found in the western Mediterranean Region, from France and the Iberian Peninsula to Corsica and Italy....
Klimesch, 1975 - Trifurcula subnitidellaTrifurcula subnitidellaTrifurcula subnitidella is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is widespread in Europe, southward to the northern border of the Sahara in Tunisia and eastward to the Crimea and Asia minor....
(Duponche, 1843) - Trifurcula teucriellaTrifurcula teucriellaTrifurcula teucriella is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found in southern France and Spain.The larvae feed on Teucrium chamaedrys. The mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a corridor, widening into a blotch that may occupy the entire leaf. The larva may move to the...
(Chretien, 1914) - Trifurcula thymiTrifurcula thymiTrifurcula thymi is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found from Germany and Poland to the Alps and Hungary, as well as in France and the Iberian Peninsula....
(Szocs, 1965) - Trifurcula trasaghicaTrifurcula trasaghicaTrifurcula trasaghica is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It was described by A. and Z. Laštuvka in 2005. It is known from Udine, Italy. The hostplant for the species is Corothamnus decumbens....
A. & Z. Lastuvka, 2005 - Trifurcula trilobellaTrifurcula trilobellaTrifurcula trilobella is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found in mainland Greece as well as the Greek Islands.The wingspan is 5-5.5 mm....
Klimesch, 1978 - Trifurcula victorisTrifurcula victorisTrifurcula victoris is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is only known from the extremely dry region in the southeast part of the province of Almería in Spain....
van Nieukerken, 1990 - Trifurcula zollikofferielaTrifurcula zollikofferielaTrifurcula zollikofferiela is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It was described by Chrétien in 1914. It is known from Algeria.The larvae feed on Launea nudicaulis....
(Chrétien, 1914)