Athrips mouffetella

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Ten-spotted Honeysuckle Moth
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Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Athrips
Species:
A. mouffetella
Binomial name
Athrips mouffetella
Synonyms
  • Phalaena (Tinea) mouffetellaLinnaeus, 1758
  • Tinea pedisequellaHübner, 1796
  • Recurvaria punctiferaHaworth, 1828

Athrips mouffetella, the ten-spotted honeysuckle moth, is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found from central and northern Europe to the Ural Mountains, Siberia and the Russian Far East. It has also been recorded from North America. [1]

A sprig of honeysuckle eaten by larva Athrips mouffetella a sprig of honeysuckle eaten by larva.JPG
A sprig of honeysuckle eaten by larva
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Larva

The wingspan is about 15 mm. The forewings are light ashy brown, irrorated with paler, faintly rosy-tinged hues. There are some minute black dots near the base and on termen. The stigmata and a dot obliquely beneath and before second discal are black, the first discal is beyond the plical. The hindwings are grey. The larva is blackish-grey; dorsal line whitish on incisions between 2 and 4; spiracular indistinct, whitish, clearer anteriorly; head and plate of 2 black. [2] [3] [4] [5]

The moths are on wing from June to August depending on the location.

The larvae feed on Lonicera species (including Lonicera periclymenum , Lonicera xylosteum and Lonicera caprifolium ), but also Symphoricarpos albus .

References

  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. Heath, J., ed. 1976 The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland Vol. 4 Part 2
  4. 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
  5. lepiforum.de includes images PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .