Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Gelechiidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Syncopacma | |
Syncopacma azosterella is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Herrich-Schäffer in 1854. It is found in Morocco, Portugal, Spain, France, Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovenia, Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania, Greece, Russia (southern Ural) and Ukraine.
The wingspan is 9.5–13.5 mm. The forewings are black, with the subapical fascia white and narrow. The hindwings are grey. from May to September with one generation per year in central Europe and two or three generations in the Mediterranean lowlands.
The larvae feed on Adenocarpus intermedius, tying the leaves of their host plant into a bud-like form.
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