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Altenia scriptella

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Altenia scriptella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Altenia
Species:
A. scriptella
Binomial name
Altenia scriptella
(Hübner, 1796)[1]
Synonyms
  • Tinea scriptella Hubner, 1796

Altenia scriptella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found from most of Europe, to the Volga region, Turkey and the Caucasus.[2]

A folded maple leaf
Larva

The wingspan is 10–15 mm. Adults are on wing from June to July in one generation per year.[3]

The larvae feed on Acer campestris, Acer pseudoplatanus and Acer platanoides. They in a folded leaf of their host plant. The species overwinters in the pupal stage.

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. ^ UKmoths
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