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Chrysoesthia eppelsheimi

Synonyms: Nannodia eppelsheimi (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Chrysoesthia eppelsheimi is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It is found in France, Germany and Switzerland. The wingspan is 6–8 mm. There are three metallic silvery transverse fasciae on the forewings. The larvae feed on Silene flavescens, Silene nutans and Silene vulgaris. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine starts as a winding gallery with brown frass. The gallery widens into a full-depth, transparent, elongate blotch with a central black frass line. Larvae can be found from June to September.
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Prey / Diet

Silene nutans (Eurasian catchfly)[1]

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Attributes / relations provided by
1HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
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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