Ephysteris insulella
| Ephysteris insulella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Ephysteris |
| Species: | E. insulella |
| Binomial name | |
| Ephysteris insulella (Heinemann, 1870) | |
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Ephysteris insulella is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Heinemann in 1870. It is found in France, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Bulgaria, Romania and Russia.[1][2] Outside of Europe, it is found in south-eastern Kazakhstan, southern Siberia, Mongolia and China (Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang).
The length of the forewings is 7-8 mm. The forewings are covered with cream, yellow-tipped scales and mottled by rare dark-grey scales at the termen and along the veins. There is a small dark point at one-third and a dark spot at two-thirds near the posterior margin. The hindwings are pale grey. Adults are on wing from July to August.[3]
Subspecies
- Ephysteris insulella insulella
- Ephysteris insulella praticolella (Christoph, 1872) (Italy, Balkans, south-western Russia, Tuva)
References
- ↑ funet.fi
- ↑ Fauna Europaea
- ↑ Li, H.-H. & O. Bidzilya, 2008: A review of the genus Ehystris Meyrick, 1908 from China, with descriptions of two new species (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Zootaxa 1733: 45-56 Abstract: .
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