| Mirificarma flavella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Mirificarma |
| Species: | M. flavella |
| Binomial name | |
| Mirificarma flavella (Duponchel, 1844)[1] |
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Mirificarma flavella is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It is found in Spain, France, Corsica, Italy, Sardinia, Sicily, Serbia and Montenegro, Greece, Crete, Cyprus, Algeria and Tunisia.
The wingspan is 7-9 mm for males and 7.5-9 mm for females. The head is yellowish. The forewings have alternating transverse zig-zag patches of yellowish colour and deep yellow-tinged brown.[2] Adults have been recorded from April to July.
The larvae feed on Trifolium pratense and Lotus corniculatus. Larvae can be found in May and June.