Aristotelia ericinella

Aristotelia ericinella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Aristotelia
Species:	A. ericinella
Binomial name
	Aristotelia ericinella; (Zeller, 1839)
Synonyms
	Gelechia ericinellaZeller, 1839; Aristotelia ericinella ab. silendrellaCaradja, 1920; Xystophora sardicolellaSchawerda, 1936; Aristotelia sardicolella;

Last updated January 02, 2025

Aristotelia ericinella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in most of Europe, except most of the Balkan Peninsula.

The wingspan is 9–13 mm.^[2] The forewings are dark fuscous with a dorsal streak to beyond middle, and sometimes a posterior spot in disc both reddish ochreous. There is a spot on dorsum at base, an oblique fascia at 1/4, a costally furcate fascia in middle, a tornal spot, a costal spot beyond it, and some terminal dots all rosy silvery; stigmata sometimes obscurely blackish. The hindwings are grey. The larva is ochreous-brown, rosy-tinged; subdorsal line dark brown, partly edged with pale yellowish; spiracular pale yellowish, slender; head and front of 2 pale brown.^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

Adults are on wing from July to August.

The larvae feed on Calluna species and Empetrum nigrum .^[7] Larvae can be found from September to June.

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References

↑ Fauna Europaea
↑ microlepidoptera.nl Archived May 1, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
↑ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain . Keys and description
↑ Heath, J., ed. 1976 The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland Vol. 4 Part 2
↑ Langmaid, J. R., Palmer, S. M. & Young, M. R. [eds]. 2018 A Field Guide to the Smaller Moths of Great Britain and Ireland [3rd ed.]Reading, Berkshire. British Entomological and Natural History Society
↑ lepiforum.de includes images This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
↑ UKmoths

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[1] Fauna Europaea

[2] rolepidoptera.nl Archived May 1, 2011, at the Wayback Machine

[3] Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain . Keys and description

[4] Heath, J., ed. 1976 The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland Vol. 4 Part 2

[5] Langmaid, J. R., Palmer, S. M. & Young, M. R. [eds]. 2018 A Field Guide to the Smaller Moths of Great Britain and Ireland [3rd ed.]Reading, Berkshire. British Entomological and Natural History Society

[6] rum.de includes images This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

[7] UKmoths

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