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Tecmerium spermophagia

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Species of moth

Tecmerium spermophagia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Blastobasidae
Genus: Tecmerium
Species: T. spermophagia
Binomial name
Tecmerium spermophagia
Walsingham, 1907

Tecmerium spermophagia is a moth in the family Blastobasidae. It is found in Portugal and Spain.

The wingspan is 14–17 mm. The forewings are whitish cinereous (ash-grey), dusted with brownish grey. The hindwings are shining pale brownish grey.

Larvae have been reared from seed-whorls of Phlomis purpurea.

References

  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. lepiforum.de
Taxon identifiers
Tecmerium spermophagia


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