Athrips nigricostella

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Athrips nigricostella
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Athrips
Species:
A. nigricostella
Binomial name
Athrips nigricostella
(Duponchel, 1842)
Synonyms
  • Lita nigricostellaDuponchel, 1842

Athrips nigricostella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in France, Germany, Poland, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Hungary, Romania, Ukraine and Russia. [1] It is also found in Turkey, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, the Russian Far East, [2] China (Xinjiang) and Japan. [3] [4]

Larva and damage Athrips nigricostella larva and damage.jpg
Larva and damage

The larvae feed on Medicago sativa and Medicago minima . They spin together the terminal leaves of their host plant. Pupation takes place in a white cocoon between the spun leaves.

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References

  1. "Fauna Europaea". www.faunaeur.org. Archived from the original on June 10, 2015.
  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. "ヘリクロモンキイロキバガ". www.jpmoth.org.
  4. 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