Lindera tessellatella

Lindera tessellatella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Tineidae
Genus:
Lindera

Blanchard, 1854
Species:
L. tessellatella
Binomial name
Lindera tessellatella
Blanchard, 1852
Synonyms
  • Safra bogotatella Walker, 1864
  • Setomorpha calcularis Meyrick, 1906
  • Paraneura cruciferella Dietz, 1905
  • Paraneura ehrhornella Dietz, 1905
  • Paraneura simulella Dietz, 1905
  • Palpula variegella Blanchard, 1852

Lindera is a monotypic moth genus in the family Tineidae described by Émile Blanchard in 1854. Its only species, Lindera tessellatella, was described by the same author two years earlier. It is a widely distributed species, which was first described from South America, but has been recorded from Africa, Europe, North America, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji and Hawaii.

The wingspan is 20–30 mm.

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