Kingdom Animalia Family Blastobasidae Genus Tecmerium Order Butterflies and moths | Class Insecta Phylum Arthropoda Rank Species | |
Tecmerium spermophagia is a moth in the Blastobasidae family. 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.
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