Eteobalea intermediella

Eteobalea intermediella is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is native to an area ranging from Central and Southern Europe, east to the Caucasus, Asia Minor, the Near and Middle East towards Central Asia. It is also present in North Africa (Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia).[1] It has been introduced to the United States and Canada.

Eteobalea intermediella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Cosmopterigidae
Genus:
Eteobalea
Species:
E. intermediella
Binomial name
Eteobalea intermediella
(Riedl, 1966)
Synonyms
  • Stagmatophora intermediella Riedl, 1966

The wingspan is 16–18 mm. Adults are on wing from late April to early November in one to two generations.

The larvae feed on the roots of Linaria vulgaris, Linaria genistifolia, Linaria pontica, Linaria dalmatica and Anarrhinum bellidifolium.

References
  1. Faunistic notes on Momphidae, Batrachedridae, Stathmopodidae and Cosmopterigidae from the Maltese Islands Archived March 20, 2012, at the Wayback Machine


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