Tebenna bjerkandrella
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Choreutidae |
| Genus: | Tebenna |
| Species: | T. bjerkandrella
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| Tebenna bjerkandrella (Thunberg, 1784)
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Tebenna bjerkandrella is a moth of the family Choreutidae first described by Carl Peter Thunberg in 1784.[1] It is found from Europe, Morocco, Madeira and the Canary Islands through central Asia to Japan. It has also been recorded from South Africa.[2]
The wingspan is 11–14 mm.
The larvae feed on Inula salicina, Carduus, Carlina, Cirsium, Gnaphalium, Helichrysum species.
Subspecies
[edit]- Tebenna bjerkandrella bjerkandrella
- Tebenna bjerkandrella caucasica (Danilevsky, 1976)
References
[edit]- ^ "Tebenna bjerkandrella (Thunberg, 1784)". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
- ^ Kemal, Muhabbet & Koçak, Ahmet Ömer (2007). Synonymous Checklist of the South African Lepidoptera (PDF). Cesa Publications on African Lepidoptera. Vol. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-19 – via Internet Archive.
External links
[edit]- "05278 Tebenna bjerkandrella (Thunberg, 1784) - Silberfleck-Spreizflügelfalter Artabgrenzung unklar!". Lepiforum e.V. Retrieved December 4, 2019. (in German)
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