Eteobalea tririvella

Eteobalea tririvella is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found in France, Italy, Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Romania, Moldova, Ukraine, Russia, Mongolia, Latvia, Estonia, Finland and Sweden.

Eteobalea tririvella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Cosmopterigidae
Genus:	Eteobalea
Species:	E. tririvella
Binomial name
Eteobalea tririvella (Staudinger, 1870)[1]
Synonyms
Stagmatophora tririvella Staudinger, 1870 Stagmatophora tririvella bernhardiella Kasy, 1973 Stagmatophora kasyi Riedl, 1965

The wingspan is 11–17 mm.^[2] The forewings are black with three shining golden lines and an apical patch. The hindwings are greyish black.^[3] Adults are on wing from mid-June to the end of August.

The larvae possibly feed on Thymus species.^[4]