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Mirificarma lentiginosella

Synonyms: Gelechia lentiginosella (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Mirificarma lentiginosella is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It is found from most of Europe (except Ireland, Sweden, Finland, most of the Baltic region and part of the Balkan Peninsula) to the Ural Mountains and Turkey. The wingspan is 6.5-8.5 mm for males and 6–8 mm for females. The head is mid to dark brown. The forewings are dark brown with scattered pinkish buff scales. Adults are on wing from June to August.
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Prey / Diet

Genista anglica (Petty Whin)[1]
Genista germanica[1]
Laburnum anagyroides (golden chain tree)[1]
Wiborgiella humilis (Dyer's greenweed)[1]

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Attributes / relations provided by
1Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0