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Athrips pruinosella

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Species of moth

Athrips pruinosella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Athrips
Species: A. pruinosella
Binomial name
Athrips pruinosella
(Lienig & Zeller, 1846)
Synonyms
  • Gelechia pruinosella Lienig & Zeller, 1846
  • Athrips pruinosellus

Athrips pruinosella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in western and northern Europe. It has also been recorded from the Caucasus, the southern Ural Mountains, the Altai Mountains, Tuva, Buryatia, the Amur region, Primorye and North America.

The wingspan is 12–16 mm. Adults are on wing from the end of May to the beginning of August.

The larvae feed on Salix repens, Vaccinium uliginosum, Spiraea salicifolia, Andromeda polifolia and Vaccinium myrtillus.

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. mothphotographersgroup
  4. Bidzilya, O., 2005: A review of the genus Athrips (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) in the Palaearctic region . Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 52 (1): 3-71. doi:10.1002/mmnd.200310001
  5. microlepidoptera.nl Archived July 1, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
  6. lepiforum.de
Taxon identifiers
Athrips pruinosella


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