Tinagma anchusella

Tinagma anchusella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Douglasiidae
Genus: Tinagma
Species: T. anchusella
Binomial name
Tinagma anchusella
(Benander, 1936)
Synonyms
  • Douglasia anchusella Benander, 1936
  • Tinagma anchusellum

Tinagma anchusella is a moth in the Douglasiidae family. It is found in Denmark, Germany, Austria, Poland, Bulgaria, Greece, Estonia, Latvia, Sweden, Ukraine and on Cyprus.[1] It is also found in Turkey, Jordan and the Caucasus region (Armenia and Azerbaidzhan).

The wingspan is 9-10 mm.[2] Adults are on wing from June to July.[3]

The larvae mine on Anchusa officinalis.[4]

References

  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. European Butterflies and Moths
  3. Svenska fjärilar
  4. Gaedike, R., 2007 (2009): Some new and interesting Microlepidoptera from the collection of the Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig (ZFMK), Bonn (Lepidoptera: Tineidae, Epermeniidae, Acrolepiidae, Douglasiidae). Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 56 (1-2): 101-106. Full article:
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