Psoricoptera speciosella

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Psoricoptera speciosella
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Psoricoptera
Species:
P. speciosella
Binomial name
Psoricoptera speciosella
Teich, 1892 [1]

Psoricoptera speciosella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae first described by Karl August Teich in 1892. It is found from northern and central Europe south to France, northern Italy and Romania. It is also found in the European part of Russia, Siberia, the Russian Far East and Japan. [2]

The wingspan is 17–21 mm. Adults are on wing from March to August.

The larvae feed on Salix species, including S. caprea . [3]

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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.
  3. "Psoricoptera speciosella Teich, 1893". European Butterflies and Moths.