Athrips amoenella

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Athrips amoenella
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Athrips
Species:
A. amoenella
Binomial name
Athrips amoenella
(Frey, 1882)
Synonyms
  • Gelechia amoenellaFrey, 1882
  • Athrips allgunnensisSvensson, 1993

Athrips amoenella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Finland, Sweden, France, Spain, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Slovakia, Hungary, Greece, Ukraine and Russia, as well as on Corsica. [1] Outside of Europe, it is found in Turkey, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. [2]

The wingspan is 9–11 mm. The forewings are orange with two broad black spots at the costal and posterior margins. The apical area is black and the subapical fascia is yellowish white. There is a small black spot at about one-third near the costa and another dark spot at two-thirds near the posterior margin. The hindwings are grey. [3] Adults are on wing from May to July. [4] The ground colour of the forewings is whitish-yellow with ochreous brown and dark grey markings. The hindwings are dark grey. [5]

The larvae possibly feed on Vicia cracca .

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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. ↑ Bidzilya, O., 2005: A review of the genus Athrips (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) in the Palaearctic region . Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift52 (1): 3–71. doi : 10.1002/mmnd.200310001
  4. ↑ ArtDatabanken
  5. ↑ lepiforum.de PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .


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