Dirhinosia cervinella

Dirhinosia cervinella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Dirhinosia
Species: D. cervinella
Binomial name
Dirhinosia cervinella
(Eversmann, 1844)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lita cervinella Eversmann, 1844 585
  • Dirhinosia trifasciella Rebel, 1905

Dirhinosia cervinella is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It is found in Russia (the southern Ural, the Caucasus, Altai, Lower Volga), Ukraine, Bulgaria, Hungary, Croatia and Turkey.[2]

The wingspan is 16–18 mm. The forewings are ochreous brown, mottled with yellowish scales near the base. The hindwings are brown to dark brown. Adults have been recorded on wing from June to July.[3]

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. Tokár, Z. & L. Gozmány, 2004, Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 50 (1): 63-74.
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