Tebenna bjerkandrella

Tebenna bjerkandrella
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Choreutidae
Genus: Tebenna
Species:
T. bjerkandrella
Binomial name
Tebenna bjerkandrella
(Thunberg, 1784)
Synonyms
  • Tinea bjerkandrella Thunberg, 1784
  • Choreutis bjerkandrella
  • Porpe bjerkandrella
  • Simaethis bjerkandrella
  • Phalaena Tortrix cardui Strøm, 1783 (suppressed)
  • Choreutis cardui
  • Pyralis bjerkandrana Fabricius, 1787
  • Tortrix vibrana Hübner, [1813]
  • Cochylis vibrana
  • Choreutis vibralis
  • Xylopoda vibrana
  • Simaethis vibrana
  • Choreutis vibrana
  • Hemerophila vibrana
  • Phalaena bjerkandrana
  • Tinea prunnerella
  • Tebenna kawabei Arita, 1975
  • Tebenna caucasica Danilevsky, 1976

Tebenna bjerkandrella is a moth of the family Choreutidae first described by Carl Peter Thunberg in 1784. It is found from Europe, Morocco, Madeira and the Canary Islands through central Asia to Japan. It has also been recorded from South Africa.

Illustration accompanying the original description

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)

References

  1. ^ "Tebenna bjerkandrella (Thunberg, 1784)". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
  2. ^ Kemal, Muhabbet & Koçak, Ahmet Ömer (2007). Synonymous Checklist of the South African Lepidoptera (PDF). Cesa Publications on African Lepidoptera. Vol. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-19 – via Internet Archive.


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