Caulastrocecis furfurella

Caulastrocecis furfurella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Caulastrocecis
Species: C. furfurella
Binomial name
Caulastrocecis furfurella
(Staudinger, 1871)
Synonyms
  • Gelechia furfurella Staudinger, 1871
  • Metzneria cryptoxena Gozmány, 1952

Caulastrocecis furfurella is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It is found in Austria, Italy, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania, Ukraine, Russia[1] and Kazakhstan.[2]

The wingspan is 13–16 mm. The ground colour of the forewings ranges from whitish to yellowish with dark scales. The hindwings are whitish.[3]

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
  3. lepiforum.de
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