Tebenna bjerkandrella explained

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]

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)

External links

• "05278 Tebenna bjerkandrella (Thunberg, 1784) - Silberfleck-Spreizflügelfalter Artabgrenzung unklar!". Lepiforum e.V. Retrieved December 4, 2019.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Tebenna bjerkandrella (Thunberg, 1784). Fauna Europaea . December 4, 2019.
2. Book: Kemal . Muhabbet . Koçak . Ahmet Ömer . amp . 2007 . Synonymous Checklist of the South African Lepidoptera . https://web.archive.org/web/20120219051830/http://www.metafro.be/Members/Cesa/Cesapublafri2.pdf . dead . 2012-02-19 . Cesa Publications on African Lepidoptera . 2 . Internet Archive.