Syncopacma cincticulella
| Syncopacma cincticulella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Syncopacma |
| Species: | S. cincticulella |
| Binomial name | |
| Syncopacma cincticulella (Bruand, 1851) | |
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Syncopacma cincticulella is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Bruand in 1851. It is found in Asia Minor and southern and south-eastern Europe, where it has been recorded from Spain, France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Poland, Ukraine and Russia.[1][2]
The larvae feed on Astragalus glycyphyllos, Coronilla varia, Cytisus scoparius, Dorycnium species, Genista germanica, Genista tinctoria and Ornithopus species. Young larvae make a full-depth broad corridor with irregular lateral expansions, mostly radiating from the midrib of the leaflet. Older larvae also mine, but from a spinning which is used to connect leaves to either each other or the leaf axis. The larvae are dirty yellowish-white with six reddish length lines.[4]