Mesophleps trinotella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Portugal, Spain (including the Balearic Islands), France, Italy, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Turkey, Morocco, Algeria and Libya, as well as on Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily and Cyprus.

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Mesophleps trinotella
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Mesophleps
Species:
M. trinotella
Binomial name
Mesophleps trinotella
Synonyms
  • Crossobela trinotella
  • Mesophleps trinotellus
  • Uncustriodonta trinotella
  • Xystophora aurantiella Rebel, 1915
  • Crossobela barysphena Meyrick, 1923
  • Batrachedra subtilipennis Turati, 1924
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The wingspan is 8–14.5 mm. Adults are on wing from late May to September in one or two generations per year.[1]

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