''Cosmopterix turbidella'' is a
moth of the family
Cosmopterigidae. It is known from the
Canary Islands
The Canary Islands (; es, Canarias, ), also known informally as the Canaries, are a Spanish autonomous community and archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, in Macaronesia. At their closest point to the African mainland, they are west of Morocc ...
.
The
wingspan is 7–8 mm.
The larvae feed on ''
Forsskalea angustifolia'', ''
Gesnouinia arborea'', ''
Parietaria debilis'' and ''
Parietaria officinalis
''Parietaria officinalis'', the eastern pellitory-of-the-wall, also known as upright pellitory and lichwort, is a plant of the nettle family. Its leaves, however, are non-stinging. The plant grows on rubbish and on walls, hence the name.
The pol ...
''. They
mine
Mine, mines, miners or mining may refer to:
Extraction or digging
* Miner, a person engaged in mining or digging
*Mining, extraction of mineral resources from the ground through a mine
Grammar
*Mine, a first-person English possessive pronoun
...
the leaves of their host plant.
References
turbidella
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