Mirificarma cytisella | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gelechiidae |
Genus: | Mirificarma |
Species: | M. cytisella
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Binomial name | |
Mirificarma cytisella (Treitschke, 1833)[1]
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Mirificarma cytisella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found from most of Europe (except Ireland, Great Britain, Fennoscandia, the Baltic region and part of the Balkan Peninsula) to the Ural Mountains.[2]
The wingspan is 6–8 mm for males and 6-7.5 mm for females.
The larvae feed on Cytisus nigricans, Genista, Calicotome spinosa, Ononis spinosa and possibly Laburnum anagyroides. They feed mostly from within two or three spun leaves.[3][4] Larvae can be found in June, September and October.