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Trifurcula peloponnesica

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Species of moth

Trifurcula peloponnesica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Trifurcula
Species: T. peloponnesica
Binomial name
Trifurcula peloponnesica
van Nieukerken, 2007

Trifurcula peloponnesica is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. Up to now only known with certainty from Peloponnesus in Greece. In Corsica, mines have been found that could very well belong to this species.

The wingspan is 4.6–5.7 mm for males and 4.9–5.3 mm for females.

The larvae feed on Anthyllis hermanniae. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

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Taxon identifiers
Trifurcula peloponnesica


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