Trifurcula liskai

Trifurcula liskai
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Trifurcula
Species: T. liskai
Binomial name
Trifurcula liskai
A. & Z. Lastuvka, 2000

Trifurcula liskai is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found in Slovenia, northern Italy and Austria.

The larvae feed on Globularia cordifolia. The mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a straight, very narrow corridor which is completely filled with frass. Often the mine crosses to another leaf, where the corridor becomes somewhat wider.

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