Aristotelia subdecurtella

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Aristotelia subdecurtella
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Aristotelia
Species:
A. subdecurtella
Binomial name
Aristotelia subdecurtella
(Stainton, 1859)
Synonyms
  • Gelechia subdecurtellaStainton, 1859

Aristotelia subdecurtella, the brown fen neb, is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in most of Europe, except Norway, Belgium, Spain, Switzerland, the Czech Republic and most of the Balkan Peninsula. [1] It is also found in the Russian Far East. [2] The habitat consists of wetland areas.

The wingspan is 12–13 mm. [3] Adults have been recorded on wing from late June to August.

The larvae feed on Lythrum salicaria and Stachys palustris . [4] They live between shoots spun together with silk. [5]

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<i>Gelechia turpella</i> Species of moth

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References

  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. Junnilainen, J.et al. 2010: The gelechiid fauna of the southern Ural Mountains, part II: list of recorded species with taxonomic notes (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Zootaxa, 2367: 1–68. Preview
  3. microlepidoptera.nl Archived July 1, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
  4. Lepidoptera of Belgium
  5. Hants Moths