Tecmerium spermophagia
Appearance
Tecmerium spermophagia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Blastobasidae |
Genus: | Tecmerium |
Species: | T. spermophagia
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Binomial name | |
Tecmerium spermophagia Walsingham, 1907
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Tecmerium spermophagia is a moth in the family Blastobasidae. It is found in Portugal and Spain.[1]
The wingspan is 14–17 mm. The forewings are whitish cinereous (ash-grey), dusted with brownish grey. The hindwings are shining pale brownish grey.
Larvae have been reared from seed-whorls of Phlomis purpurea.[2]
References
[edit]- Media related to Tecmerium spermophagia at Wikimedia Commons
- Data related to Tecmerium spermophagia at Wikispecies