Stomopteryx detersella
| Stomopteryx detersella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Stomopteryx |
| Species: | S. detersella |
| Binomial name | |
| Stomopteryx detersella (Zeller, 1847) | |
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Stomopteryx detersella is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Zeller in 1847. It is found in southern and eastern Europe, where it has been recorded from Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, Poland, Slovakia, Croatia, Albania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania, the Republic of Macedonia, Greece, Turkey, Russia and Ukraine, as well as on Sicily, Crete and the Canary Islands.[1][2]
The wingspan is about 17 mm.[3]
The larvae feed on Eryngium species. At first, the larvae mine the outer layers of the stem, but later bore the stem.[4]
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