Chrysoesthia drurella

Chrysoesthia drurella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Chrysoesthia
Species: C. drurella
Binomial name
Chrysoesthia drurella
(Fabricius, 1775)[1]
Synonyms
  • Tinea drurella Fabricius, 1775
  • Pyralis myllerella Fabricius, 1794
  • Tinea myllerella
  • Tinea zinckeella Hübner, 1810-13
  • Cosmopteryx hierochloae Stainton, 1870

Chrysoesthia drurella is a lepidoptera from the Gelechiidae family. In is found in most of Europe, Russia and North America.[2]

Mined leaves of Chenopodium (3b, 3b*)
Mined leaf
Young larva (3a), adult larva (3a*)

The wingspan of the moth ranges from 7 to 9 millimeter.

The host plants are Chenopodium and Atriplex species. Chrysoesthia drurella can mainly be found in agricultural areas. The moth has two generations in one year. The first in May and June and the second in August and September.

References

  1. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  2. ↑ Junnilainen, J. et al. 2010: The gelechiid fauna of the southern Ural Mountains, part II: list of recorded species with taxonomic notes (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Zootaxa, 2367: 1–68. Preview
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