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Nothris lemniscellus

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Nothris lemniscellus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Nothris
Species:
N. lemniscellus
Binomial name
Nothris lemniscellus
(Zeller, [1839])[1]
Synonyms
  • Ypsolophus lemniscellus Zeller, [1839]
  • Nothris lemniscella

Nothris lemniscellus is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1839. It is found from Fennoscandia to the Pyrenees, Italy and Albania, and from France to Ukraine.

The wingspan is 18–22 mm. Adults have been recorded on wing from mid-July to August.[2]

The larvae feed on Globularia cordifolia and Globularia punctata. They mine the leaves of their host plant. Larvae have been recorded in May, but also in November.[3]

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