Ephysteris insulella

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Ephysteris insulella
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Ephysteris
Species:
E. insulella
Binomial name
Ephysteris insulella
(Heinemann, 1870)
Synonyms
  • Lita insulellaHeinemann, 1870
  • Gelechia insularisStaudinger, 1871
  • Opacopsis gallicaPovolný, 1992
  • Doryphora praticolellaChristoph, 1872

Ephysteris insulella is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Hermann von Heinemann in 1870. It is found in France, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Bulgaria, Romania and Russia. [1] [2] Outside of Europe, it is found in south-eastern Kazakhstan, southern Siberia, Mongolia and China (Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang).

The length of the forewings is 7–8 mm. Adults are on wing from July to August. [3]

Subspecies

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Ephysteris tenuisaccus is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Russia and on Cyprus. The habitat consists of chalk steppe.

Scrobipalpa grisea is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Russia, Korea, Mongolia and China.

Scrobipalpa magnificella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Russia, Ukraine, Syria, Iran, Mongolia, Uzbekistan and China (Xinjiang).

Ephysteris promptella, the ratoon shootborer, is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is a pantropical species, found in the warmer parts of the Old World tropics to Australia. It is widely distributed in southern Europe.

Ephysteris deserticolella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found on Cyprus and in Ukraine, the south-eastern part of the European Russia, Turkey, Iran and Afghanistan.

Acanthophila liui is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It is found in China and Russia, where it is known only from the southern part of Primorsky Krai.

Acanthophila qinlingensis is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It is found in China (Shaanxi) and Russia, where it is known only from the southern part of Primorsky Krai.

Ephysteris flavida is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Povolný in 1969. It is found in Mongolia, Iran and China

Ephysteris subovata is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Povolný in 2001. It is found in Transbaikalia and China.

Ephysteris infirma is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1912. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal).

Ephysteris inustella is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1839. It is found in Portugal, Spain, France, Germany, Italy, Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Baltic region, Ukraine and Russia.

Ephysteris gondwana is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Oleksiy V. Bidzilya and Wolfram Mey in 2011. It is found in Namibia and South Africa.

Ephysteris montana is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by H.H.Li and Bidzilya in 2008. It is found in China (Sichuan).

Ephysteris wenquana is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by H.H.Li and Bidzilya in 2008. It is found in Yunnan, China.

Scrobipalpa similis is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Povolný in 1973. It is found in China (Xinjiang), Mongolia, Russia and south-eastern Kazakhstan.

Scrobipalpa maniaca is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Povolný in 1969. It is found in China (Xinjiang), Afghanistan, Mongolia, Russia, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.

<i>Scrobipalpa pauperella</i> Species of moth

Scrobipalpa pauperella is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Hermann von Heinemann in 1870. It is found in Great Britain, Luxembourg, Spain, France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Ukraine, Belarus, Estonia, Latvia, Russia, Sweden, Finland, Afghanistan, Transbaikal and China.

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References

  1. Savela, Markku. "Ephysteris insulella (Heinemann, 1870)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 30, 2018.
  2. "Ephysteris insulella (Heinemann, 1870)". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved November 30, 2018.
  3. Li, H.-H. & O. Bidzilya (2008). "A review of the genus Ehystris Meyrick, 1908 from China, with descriptions of two new species (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)". Zootaxa. 1733: 45-56.