Syncopacma linella

Syncopacma linella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Pierre Chrétien in 1904. It is found in France, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania and Ukraine.[1][2]

Syncopacma linella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Syncopacma
Species:
S. linella
Binomial name
Syncopacma linella
(Chrétien, 1904)
Synonyms
  • Anacampsis linella Chrétien, 1904
  • Aproaerema linellum
  • Lixodessa schoenmanni Gozmány, 1957

The wingspan is about 12 mm.[3]

The larvae feed on Linum campanulatum and Linum narbonense. They live between spun leaves, from there mining the leaves. The mines have the form of large full-depth fleck mines.[4]

References
  1. Savela, Markku. "Syncopacma Meyrick, 1925". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 3, 2017.
  2. Fauna Europaea
  3. Lepiforum.de
  4. Bladmineerders.nl


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