Athrips pruinosella
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Athrips pruinosella (Lienig & Zeller, 1846)
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Athrips pruinosella is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It is found in western and northern Europe.[1][2] It has also been recorded from the Caucasus, the southern Ural mountains, the Altai mountains, Tuva, Buryatia, the Amur region, Primorye and North America.[3]
The wingspan is 12–16 mm. The forewings are covered with greyish brown, cream-tipped scales. There are two indistinct dark spots near the base, two at about one-half and one or two small spots at about two-thirds. The hindwings are grey.[4] Adults are on wing from the end of May to the beginning of August.[5]
The larvae feed on Salix repens, Vaccinium uliginosum,[6] Spiraea salicifolia, Andromeda polifolia and Vaccinium myrtillus.
References
- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ 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
- ^ mothphotographersgroup
- ^ Bidzilya, O., 2005: A review of the genus Athrips (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) in the Palaearctic region . Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 52 (1): 3-71. doi:10.1002/mmnd.200310001
- ^ microlepidoptera.nl Archived July 1, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ lepiforum.de
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