Athrips amoenella

Athrips amoenella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Athrips
Species: A. amoenella
Binomial name
Athrips amoenella
(Frey, 1882)
Synonyms
  • Gelechia amoenella Frey, 1882

Athrips amoenella is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It is found in Finland, Sweden, France, Spain, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Slovakia, Hungary, Greece, Ukraine and Russia, as well as on Corsica.[1] Outside of Europe, it is found in Turkey, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.[2]

The wingspan is 9–11 mm. Adults are on wing from May to July.[3] The ground colour of the forewings is whitish-yellow with ochreous brown and dark grey markings. The hindwings are dark grey.[4]

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. ArtDatabanken
  4. lepiforum.de
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