''Trifurcula peloponnesica'' is a
moth of the family
Nepticulidae. Up to now only known with certainty from
Peloponnesus in
Greece. In
Corsica
Corsica ( , Upper , Southern ; it, Corsica; ; french: Corse ; lij, Còrsega; sc, Còssiga) is an island in the Mediterranean Sea and one of the 18 regions of France. It is the fourth-largest island in the Mediterranean and lies southeast of ...
, mines have been found that could very well belong to this species.
The
wingspan is 4.6–5.7 mm for males and 4.9–5.3 mm for females.
The larvae feed on ''
Anthyllis hermanniae
''Anthyllis hermanniae'', called the lavender-leaved anthyllis, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae
The Fabaceae or Leguminosae, ''. They
mine the leaves of their host plant.
External links
Review Of The Subgenus Trifurcula (Levarchama), With Two New Species (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae)
Nepticulidae
Moths of Europe
Moths described in 2007
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