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Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Chrysoesthia
Species:	C. drurella
Binomial name
*Chrysoesthia drurella* (Fabricius, 1775)
Synonyms
Tinea drurella Fabricius, 1775 Pyralis myllerella Fabricius, 1794 Tinea myllerella Tinea zinckeella Hübner, 1810-13 Cosmopteryx hierochloae Stainton, 1870 Cosmopteryx orichalciella Morris, 1870 Tinea hermannella Fabricius, 1781

Chrysoesthia drurella is a moth from the family Gelechiidae. In is found in most of Europe, Russia and North America.

Mined leaves of Chenopodium (3b, 3b*)

Mined leaf

Young larva (3a), adult larva (3a*)

The wingspan is 7–9 mm.

The host plants are Chenopodium and Atriplex species. Chrysoesthia drurella can mainly be found in agricultural areas. The moth has two generations in one year. The first in May and June and the second in August and September.

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