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Tebenna bjerkandrella

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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]

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The wingspan is 11–14 mm.

The larvae feed on Inula salicina, Carduus, Carlina, Cirsium, Gnaphalium, Helichrysum species.

Subspecies

  • Tebenna bjerkandrella bjerkandrella
  • Tebenna bjerkandrella caucasica (Danilevsky, 1976)

References

  1. ^ "Tebenna bjerkandrella (Thunberg, 1784)". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
  2. ^ 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.

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Tebenna bjerkandrella: Brief Summary

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Tebenna bjerkandrella is a moth of the family Choreutidae first described by Carl Peter Thunberg in 1784. It is found from Europe, Morocco, Madeira and the Canary Islands through central Asia to Japan. It has also been recorded from South Africa.

Illustration accompanying the original description

The wingspan is 11–14 mm.

The larvae feed on Inula salicina, Carduus, Carlina, Cirsium, Gnaphalium, Helichrysum species.

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