Athrips pruinosella
| Athrips pruinosella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Athrips |
| Species: | A. pruinosella |
| Binomial name | |
| Athrips pruinosella (Lienig & Zeller, 1846) | |
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Athrips pruinosella is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It is found in western and northern Europe.[1][2] It has also been recorded from North America.[3]
The wingspan is 12–16 mm. Adults are on wing from the end of May to the beginning of August.[4]
The larvae feed on Salix repens, Vaccinium uliginosum,[5] Spiraea salicifolia, Andromeda polifolia and Vaccinium myrtillus.
References
- ↑ Fauna Europaea
- ↑ 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
- ↑ mothphotographersgroup
- ↑ microlepidoptera.nl
- ↑ lepiforum.de
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