''Eteobalea intermediella'' is a

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of the family

Cosmopterigidae The Cosmopterigidae are a family of insects (cosmet moths) in the order Lepidoptera. These are small moths with narrow wings whose tiny larvae feed internally on the leaves, seeds and stems of their host plants. About 1500 species are described. ...

. It is native to an area ranging from Central and Southern Europe, east to the

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Asia Minor Anatolia, tr, Anadolu Yarımadası), and the Anatolian plateau, also known as Asia Minor, is a large peninsula in Western Asia and the westernmost protrusion of the Asian continent. It constitutes the major part of modern-day Turkey. The re ...

, the

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and Middle East towards Central Asia. It is also present in North Africa (

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).Faunistic notes on Momphidae, Batrachedridae, Stathmopodidae and Cosmopterigidae from the Maltese Islands
It has been introduced to the United States and Canada. The

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is 16–18 mm. Adults are on wing from late April to early November in one to two generations. The larvae feed on the roots of ''

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'', ''

Linaria genistifolia ''Linaria genistifolia'' is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Plantaginaceae. Its native range is from Europe to southwestern Siberia Siberia ( ; rus, Сибирь, r=Sibir', p=sʲɪˈbʲirʲ, a=Ru-Сибирь.ogg) is a ...

'', '' Linaria pontica'', ''

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Eteobalea Moths described in 1966 Moths of Europe Moths of Asia {{Cosmopteriginae-stub