Mirificarma pallidipulchra

Mirificarma pallidipulchra
Mirificarma pallidipulchra
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Mirificarma
Species: M. pallidipulchra
Binomial name
Mirificarma pallidipulchra
(Walsingham, 1904)
Synonyms
  • Rhinosia pallidipulchra Walsingham, 1904
  • Rhinosia striolella Turati, 1924

Mirificarma pallidipulchra is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It is found in Algeria, Tunisia and Libya.

The wingspan is 6.5-8.5 mm for males and 6.5-8 mm for females. The head is cream to moderately light brown. The forewings have alternating transverse indistinct zig-zag patches of cream and ochre or occasionally deep yellowish brown.[1] Adults are on wing from March to May and in July.

Adults have been found among stems and root-crowns of Teucrium species, but it is unlikely that this is the host plant.

References

  1. ^ Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History)
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