Apatetris elaeagnella

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Apatetris elaeagnella
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Apatetris
Species:
A. elaeagnella
Binomial name
Apatetris elaeagnella
Sakamaki, 2000

Apatetris elaeagnella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Sakamaki in 2000. It is found in Japan (Honshu and Kyushu). [1]

The wingspan is 5.4–9.2 mm. The forewings are cupreous black, but shining cupreous violet between the plica and dorsum and silver on the basal one-seventh. There are three costal silver strigulae running in parallel with each other on the median one-third. Three similar strigulae are found in the basal half of the dorsum and a silver blotch occupies the apical one-eighths of the forewing. There are also two white blotches, one at the apical one-fourth of the costa and the other at the apical two-fifths of the dorsum. The hindwings are fuscous. There are two generations per year.

The larvae feed on Elaeagnus macrophylla , Elaeagnus multiflora var. hortensis, Elaeagnus umbellata and Elaeagnus pungens . They mine the leaves of their host plant. Larvae of the autumn generation overwinter within the mine. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ Savela, Markku (March 8, 2015). "Apatetris elaeagnella Sakamaki, 2000". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 13, 2020.
  2. ↑ Tijdschrift voor entomologie 143 (1–2)


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