Scythris limbella

Scythris limbella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Scythrididae
Genus: Scythris
Species: S. limbella
Binomial name
Scythris limbella
(Fabricius, 1775)
Synonyms
  • Tinea limbella Fabricius, 1775
  • Tinea variella Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775
  • Tinea quadriguttella Thunberg, 1794
  • Tinea tristella Hübner, [1796]
  • Astyages cylindrella Stephens, 1834
  • Röslerstammia quadrigutella Bruand, 1850
  • Butalis chenopodiella f. obscura Staudinger, 1871

Scythris limbella is a moth of the Scythrididae family. It is found in most of Europe (except Iceland, Ireland, and part of the Balkan Peninsula and Ukraine), east into Russia and Iran (from Golestan to Farsi). It is an introduced species in the north-eastern Nearctic Region.[1][2]

The wingspan is about 15 mm. Adults are on wing from June to September, possibly in two generations.

The larvae feed on the shoots and flowers of Chenopodium and Atriplex in a web.

References

  1. ↑ "Scythris Hübner, [1825]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
  2. ↑ Notes on the distribution of Palearctic Scythrididae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea)
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