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. [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 .