Athrips nigricostella

Athrips nigricostella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Athrips
Species: A. nigricostella
Binomial name
Athrips nigricostella
(Duponchel, 1842)
Synonyms
  • Lita nigricostella Duponchel, 1842

Athrips nigricostella is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It is found in France, Germany, Poland, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Hungary, Romania, Ukraine and Russia.[1] It is also found in Turkey, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, the Russian Far East[2] and Japan.[3]

Larva and damage

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. Japanese Moths
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