Tebenna bjerkandrella

Tebenna bjerkandrella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Choreutidae
Genus: Tebenna
Species: T. bjerkandrella
Binomial name
Tebenna bjerkandrella
(Thunberg, 1784)[1]
Synonyms
  • Tinea bjerkandrella Thunberg, 1784
  • Choreutis bjerkandrella
  • Porpe bjerkandrella
  • Simaethis bjerkandrella
  • Phalaena Tortrix cardui Strøm, 1783 (suppressed)
  • Choreutis cardui
  • Pyralis bjerkandrana Fabricius, 1787
  • Tortrix vibrana Hübner, [1813]
  • Cochylis vibrana
  • Choreutis vibralis
  • Xylopoda vibrana
  • Simaethis vibrana
  • Choreutis vibrana
  • Hemerophila vibrana
  • Phalaena bjerkandrana
  • Tinea prunnerella
  • Tebenna kawabei Arita, 1975
  • Tebenna caucasica Danilevsky, 1976

Tebenna bjerkandrella is a moth of the Choreutidae family. It is found from Europe, Morocco, Madeira and the Canary Islands through central Asia to Japan. It has also been recorded from South Africa.[2]

Illustration accompanying the original description

The wingspan is 11–14 mm.

The larvae feed on Inula salicina, Carduus, Carlina, Cirsium, Gnaphalium, Helichrysum species.

Subspecies

References

  1. ↑ "Fauna Europaea". Faunaeur.org. Retrieved 2011-12-19.
  2. ↑ "Microsoft Word - Cesapublafri2.doc" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-12-19.

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