Syncopacma palpilineella
| Syncopacma palpilineella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Syncopacma |
| Species: | S. palpilineella |
| Binomial name | |
| Syncopacma palpilineella (Chambers, 1875) | |
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Syncopacma palpilineella is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Chambers in 1875. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Mississippi, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Quebec, Tennessee and Texas.[1][2]
Adults are dark brown, almost black, but with an irregular white fascia at the beginning of the cilia, which is sometimes interrupted in the middle.[3]
The larvae feed on Trifolium species and Coronilla varia.[4]
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