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Athrips pruinosella

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Athrips pruinosella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Athrips
Species:
A. pruinosella
Binomial name
Athrips pruinosella
(Lienig & Zeller, 1846)
Synonyms
  • Gelechia pruinosella Lienig & Zeller, 1846
  • Athrips pruinosellus

Athrips pruinosella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. 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.[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

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  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. ^ mothphotographersgroup
  4. ^ 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
  5. ^ microlepidoptera.nl Archived July 1, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ lepiforum.de