Syncopacma wormiella
| Syncopacma wormiella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Syncopacma |
| Species: | S. wormiella |
| Binomial name | |
| Syncopacma wormiella (Wolff, 1958) | |
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Syncopacma wormiella is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Wolff in 1958. It is found in Germany, Denmark, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Ukraine, European Russia, as well as the Russian Far East.[1][2]
The wingspan is about 12 mm.
The larvae feed on Ononis spinosa.
Etymology
The species is named in honour of Mr. J. G. Worm-Hansen, who took the first Danish specimen.[3]
References
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