''Trifurcula cryptella'' is a

moth Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...

of the family Nepticulidae. It is widespread throughout Europe The

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is 4-4.6 mm. The thick erect hairs on the head vertex are ferruginous-yellowish, sometimes mixed with fuscous. The collar is bright yellow. Antennal eyecaps are whitish. The forewings are pale greyish, coarsely irrorated with dark fuscous outer part of cilia whitish-grey. The hindwings are grey
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Requires microscopic examination of the genitalia for identification. Emmet, A. M., 1976. Nepticulidae. — In: J. Heath (ed.). '' The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland'' 1: 171—267, pls. 1—7, 11, 12. The larvae feed on '' Anthyllis montana'', '' Coronilla coronata'', '' Coronilla emerus'', ''Coronilla emerus emeroides'', '' Coronilla varia'', '' Hippocrepis comosa'', '' Lotus corniculatus'', '' Lotus hispidus'', '' Lotus pedunculatus'' and '' Lotus uliginosus''. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

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Review Of The Subgenus Trifurcula (Levarchama), With Two New Species (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae)

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Nepticulidae Moths of Europe Moths described in 1856 {{Trifurcula-stub