Tinagma perdicella is a moth in the family Douglasiidae. It is found in the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, Spain, Poland, Albania, Serbia, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, North Macedonia, Romania, Norway, Sweden, Finland, the Baltic region, Belarus, Ukraine and Russia.[1]

Tinagma perdicella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Douglasiidae
Genus: Tinagma
Species:
T. perdicella
Binomial name
Tinagma perdicella
Zeller, 1839
Synonyms
  • Tinagma perdicella var. matutinella Zeller, 1872
  • Tinagma deliciosella Caradja, 1920

The wingspan is 8–12 mm. Adults have been recorded on wing from May to June.[2]

The larvae feed on Fragaria vesca and possibly Potentilla and Rubus species.[3]

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