''Trifurcula thymi'' is a
moth
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of the family
Nepticulidae. It is found from
Germany
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and
Poland
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to the
Alps
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and
Hungary
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, as well as in
France
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and the
Iberian Peninsula
The Iberian Peninsula (),
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* Aragonese and Occitan: ''Peninsula Iberica''
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* french: Péninsule Ibérique
* mwl, PenÃnsula Eibérica
* eu, Iberiar penintsula also known as Iberia, is a peninsula in southwestern Europe, defi ...
.
The larvae feed on ''
Satureja cuneifolia'', ''
Satureja montana
''Satureja montana'' (winter savory or mountain savory), is a perennial, semi-evergreen herb in the family Lamiaceae, native to warm temperate regions of southern Europe, the Mediterranean, and Africa. It has dark green leaves and summer flower ...
'', ''
Thymus camphoratus
''Thymus camphoratus'' (locally known as ) is a species of flowering plant in the mint family Lamiaceae, endemic to southwest Portugal.
Description
''Thymus camphoratus'' is an erect subshrub in height. Young stems have a quadrangular section, ...
'', ''
Thymus glabrescens'', ''
Thymus mastichina
''Thymus mastichina'' is a species in the family Lamiaceae. It is endemic to the central Iberian Peninsula
The Iberian Peninsula (),
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* Aragonese and Occitan: ''Peninsula Iberica''
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* french: Péninsule Ibérique
* mwl, Penà ...
'', ''
Thymus pannonicus'', ''
Thymus pulegioides'' and ''
Thymus vulgaris''. They
mine
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Grammar
*Mine, a first-person English possessive pronoun
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the leaves of their host plant.
External links
bladmineerders.nlFauna Europaea
Nepticulidae
Moths of Europe
Moths described in 1965
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