Syncopacma adenocarpella

Syncopacma adenocarpella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Syncopacma
Species: S. adenocarpella
Binomial name
Syncopacma adenocarpella
(Rebel in Hering, 1927)
Synonyms
  • Aproaerema adenocarpella Rebel, 1927

Syncopacma adenocarpella is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Rebel in 1927. It is found on the Canary Islands.[1]

The larvae feed on Adenocarpus complicatus aureus. They spin a tube of silk along a branch, and feed on the leafs from there. Pupation takes place inside the tube.[2]

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