''Trifurcula montana'' is a

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in

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and

Sardinia Sardinia ( ; it, Sardegna, label=Italian, Corsican and Tabarchino ; sc, Sardigna , sdc, Sardhigna; french: Sardaigne; sdn, Saldigna; ca, Sardenya, label=Algherese and Catalan) is the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after ...

. The

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is 5.6-7.2 mm for males and 5.8-7.8 mm for females. Adults have been collected at light from April to July in the mountains of Spain and Sardinia, between 600 and 2,000 meters above sea level, always close to '' Thymus vulgaris'', the possible host plant.

External links

Seven New Species Of The Subgenus Glaucolepis Braun From Southern Europe (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae, Trifurcula)
Nepticulidae Moths described in 2007 Moths of Europe {{Trifurcula-stub