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Tinagma perdicella

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Douglasiidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Tinagma

Tinagma perdicella

Similar
  
Douglasiidae, Coleophora, Gracillariidae

Lepelmot tinagma perdicella


Tinagma perdicella is a moth in the family Douglasiidae. It is found in the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, Spain, Poland, Albania, Serbia, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, the Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Norway, Sweden, Finland, the Baltic region, Belarus, Ukraine and Russia.

The wingspan is 8–12 mm. Adults have been recorded on wing from May to June.

The larvae feed on Fragaria vesca and possibly Potentilla and Rubus species. The larvae possibly mine the leaves of their host plant, although it is also reported that young larvae bore the petiole. Older larvae live freely in the heart of the plant.

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Tinagma perdicella Wikipedia