Syncopacma polychromella
| Syncopacma polychromella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Syncopacma |
| Species: | S. polychromella |
| Binomial name | |
| Syncopacma polychromella (Rebel, 1902) | |
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Syncopacma polychromella is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Rebel in 1902. It is found on the Iberian Peninsula and in the Czech Republic, Austria, Italy, Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia, Greece and Russia, as well as on the Canary Islands, Sicily, Malta and Crete.[1] It is also present in Algeria, Egypt, Palestine, Jordan, Syria, Kuwait, Yemen, Central Asia (including Uzbekistan), Sudan, Namibia and South Africa. It is an introduced species Denmark and Great Britain.[2]
The larvae feed on Astragalus unifoliolatus.