Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Nepticulidae Scientific name Trifurcula bleonella | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Trifurcula Rank Species | |
Trifurcula bleonella is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It was described by Pierre Chrétien in 1904. It is known from the Iberian Peninsula, France, Austria, Croatia, Hungary, the southern part of the Balkan Peninsula, Ukraine, southern Russia and Georgia.
The larvae feed on Linum species, including L. narbonense. They mine the stem of their host plant.
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