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Isophrictis anthemidella

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Isophrictis anthemidella
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I. anthemidella
Binomial name
Isophrictis anthemidella
(Wocke, 1871)[1]
Synonyms
  • Cleodora anthemidella Wocke, 1871
  • Paltodora magna Amsel, 1935

Isophrictis anthemidella is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It is found from most of Europe to the Caucasus and Central Asia.[2]

The wingspan is 11–13 mm.[3] Adults are on wing from May to August in one generation per year.[4]

The larvae feed on Pyrethrum corymbosom, Achillea ptarmica and Anthemis tinctoria. On calcareous slopes, the larvae have also been found feeding on the flowers of Anthemis trotzkiana.

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. ^ microlepidoptera.nl
  4. ^ LOT Moths and Butterflies