Athrips tetrapunctella

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Athrips tetrapunctella
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Athrips
Species:
A. tetrapunctella
Binomial name
Athrips tetrapunctella
(Thunberg, 1794) [1]
Synonyms
  • Tinea tetrapunctellaThunberg, 1794
  • Gelechia lathyriStainton, 1865
  • Gelechia lathyrellaDoubleday, 1866

Athrips tetrapunctella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in France, Great Britain, Ireland, Fennoscandia, Denmark, Estonia, Latvia, Russia and Ukraine. In the east, the range extends through the southern Ural and Siberia to Primorsky Krai. [2]

Sprigs of Medicago sativa eaten by larva Athrips tetrapunctella sprigs of Medicago sativa eaten by larva.JPG
Sprigs of Medicago sativa eaten by larva
A sprig of Lathyrus palustris with a larval web Athrips tetrapunctella a sprig of Lathyrus palustris with a larval web.JPG
A sprig of Lathyrus palustris with a larval web
Larva Athrips tetrapunctella larva.JPG
Larva

The wingspan is 9–10 mm. [3] The forewings are yellow, with the costal margin and apical areas black. The posterior margin covered with dark scales and there is a prominent dark spot near the base, two others at one-third and two-thirds and an additional small black spot at one-fourth near the costa, as well as another at two-thirds near the posterior margin. The hindwings are grey. [4]

The larvae feed on Lathyrus palustris and Medicago sativa . They live within a spun or rolled leaf. The species overwinters in the pupal stage.

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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. Hants Moths
  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