Aproaerema anthyllidella

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Aproaerema anthyllidella
Aproaerema anthyllidella,Tolfannau, North Wales, Aug 2010 (20057369985).jpg
Aproaerema anthyllidella Tolfannau, North Wales
Aproaerema anthyllidella, Brymbo, North Wales, Aug 2016 - Flickr - janetgraham84.jpg
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Aproaerema
Species:
A. anthyllidella
Binomial name
Aproaerema anthyllidella
(Hübner, 1813)
Synonyms
  • Tinea anthyllidellaHübner, 1813
  • Anacampsis anthyllidella
  • Gelechia nigritellaStainton, 1854
  • Gelechia (Anacampsis) sparsiciliellaBarrett, 1891
  • Anacampsis infestellaRebel, 1896
  • Monochroa brundiniBenander, 1945
  • Anacampsis alfalfellaAmsel, 1958
  • Aproaerema aurelianaCapuse, 1964
  • Gelechia psoralellaMilliere, 1865
  • Aproaerema psoralella
  • Iwaruna psoralella
  • Gelechia elachistellaStainton, 1859

Aproaerema anthyllidella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in most of Europe, [1] Kyrgyzstan, Iran [2] and North America.

Leaves of Anthyllis vulneraria eaten and discoloured by larva Aproaerema anthyllidella leaves of Anthyllis vulneraria eaten and discoloured by larva.JPG
Leaves of Anthyllis vulneraria eaten and discoloured by larva
Larva Aproaerema anthyllidella larva.JPG
Larva

The wingspan is 10–12 mm. [3] The forewings are dark slaty-fuscous, often paler-sprinkled; stigmata hardly perceptible, plical followed by a whitish-ochreous dot; a small whitish-ochreous triangular spot, usually somewhat outwardly oblique, on costa at 2/3, occasionally obsolete; often a very small whitish-ochreous spot on tornus opposite; vein 6 rising out of 7. Hindwings are rather light grey. The larva is blackish-grey; on 2-4 dorsal line and segmental incisions obscurely whitish; spiracular series of whitish spots; head and plate of 2 black. [4]

Adults are on wing from May to June and again from August to September in two generations per year. [5]

The larvae feed on various herbaceous plants, including Anthyllis vulneraria , Chamaecytisus , Coronilla , Cytisus , Dorycnium rectum , Galega officinalis , Glycine max , Hymenocarpos circinnatus , Lathyrus pratensis , Lathyrus tuberosus , Lotus corniculatus , Medicago lupulina , Medicago sativa , Melilotus alba , Onobrychis viciifolia , Ononis repens , Ononis rosifolia , Ononis spinosa , Ornithopus , Oxytropis pilosa , Phaseolus vulgaris , Psoralea bituminosa , Trifolium pratense , Trifolium repens , Trigonella monspeliaca , Vicia cracca and Vicia faba . Larvae of the first generation mine the leaves of their host plant. They make a small full depth blotch, often with extensions. The frass is concentrated in one corner of the mine. Older larvae live freely among spun leaves, but may still they make occasional fleck mines by feeding on the leaf tissue from a small opening. [6] Larvae can be found from April to May and again from July to August, but it is not known how the species overwinters.

Subspecies

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References

  1. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  2. ↑ Aproaerema anthyllidella - BOLD Systems - Taxonomy Browser
  3. ↑ microlepidoptera.nl Archived February 12, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain . Keys and description
  5. ↑ UKmoths
  6. ↑ "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2012-04-19. Retrieved 2011-10-26.


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