Sophronia chilonella

Sophronia chilonella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Sophronia
Species: S. chilonella
Binomial name
Sophronia chilonella
(Treitschke, 1833)
Synonyms
  • Harpipterix chilonella Treitschke, 1833

Sophronia chilonella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Treitschke in 1833. It is found in Spain, France, Italy, Germany, Denmark, Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Poland, Norway, Sweden, the Baltic region, Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and Greece.[1][2]

The wingspan is 11–13 mm.[3]

The larvae feed on Artemisia campestris.[4]

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