Chrysoesthia eppelsheimi
| Chrysoesthia eppelsheimi | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Chrysoesthia |
| Species: | C. eppelsheimi |
| Binomial name | |
| Chrysoesthia eppelsheimi (Staudinger, 1885) | |
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Chrysoesthia eppelsheimi is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It is found in France, Germany and Switzerland.[1]
The wingspan is 6–8 mm. There are three metallic silvery transverse fasciae on the forewings.[2]
The larvae feed on Silene flavescens, Silene nutans and Silene vulgaris. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine starts as a winding gallery with brown frass. The gallery widens into a full-depth, transparent, elongate blotch with a central black frass line.[3] Larvae can be found from June to September.
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