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Trifurcula rosmarinella

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Trifurcula rosmarinella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Trifurcula
Species:
T. rosmarinella
Binomial name
Trifurcula rosmarinella
(Chretien, 1914)
Synonyms
  • Nepticula rosmarinella Chretien, 1914

Trifurcula rosmarinella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is commonly found in the Mediterranean region, from the Iberian Peninsula to Cyprus.

The larvae feed on Rosmarinus officinalis. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

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