Trifurcula sinica is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It was described by Yang in 1989.[1] It is known from the Shaanxi in China.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nepticulidae |
| Genus: | Trifurcula |
| Species: | T. sinica
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| Binomial name | |
| Trifurcula sinica (Yang, 1989)
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Adults have been recorded in April.
The larvae make galls in young branches of Prunus cerasifera, Prunus dulcis and Prunus persica.
References
edit- ^ "Invertebrates" Taxonomy and distribution of the Trifurcula (Glaucolepis) raikhonae group (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae)
- ^ "Nepticulidae and Opostegidae of the world". Nepticuloidea.info. 2010-12-20. Retrieved 2011-12-16.