Isophrictis anthemidella

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Isophrictis anthemidella
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Isophrictis
Species:
I. anthemidella
Binomial name
Isophrictis anthemidella
(Wocke, 1871) [1]
Synonyms
  • Cleodora anthemidellaWocke, 1871
  • Paltodora magnaAmsel, 1935

Isophrictis anthemidella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found from most of Europe to the Caucasus and Central Asia. [2]

The wingspan is 11–13 mm. [3] Adults are on wing from May to August in one generation per year. [4]

The larvae feed on Pyrethrum corymbosom , Achillea ptarmica and Anthemis tinctoria . On calcareous slopes, the larvae have also been found feeding on the flowers of Anthemis trotzkiana .

References

  1. "Isophrictis anthemidella (Wocke, 1871)". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  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. "microlepidoptera.nl". Archived from the original on 2013-10-05. Retrieved 2013-10-01.
  4. LOT Moths and Butterflies