Sattleria melaleucella

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Sattleria melaleucella
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Sattleria
Species:
S. melaleucella
Binomial name
Sattleria melaleucella
(Constant, 1865)
Synonyms
  • Gelechia melaleucellaConstant, 1865
  • Gelechia mariaeFrey, 1867
  • Gelechia dzieduszyckii fuscaBurmann, 1954

Sattleria melaleucella is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Constant in 1865. It is found in the Apennines and Alps of France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Italy. [1] [2]

The length of the forewings is 7.3-11.6 mm for males and 5.8-8.5 mm for females. Adults are on wing from July to mid-September. [3]

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References

  1. funet.fi
  2. Fauna Europaea
  3. Pitkin, L.M. & Sattler, K., 1991: Sattleria: a European genus of brachypterous alpine moths (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Entomology), 60: 205–241. Full article: