Athrips medjella
Athrips medjella | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gelechiidae |
Genus: | Athrips |
Species: | A. medjella |
Binomial name | |
Athrips medjella (Chrétien, 1900) | |
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Athrips medjella is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It is found in southern France.[1]
The wingspan is about 14 mm.[2] The forewings are covered with grey brown, lighter-tipped scales. There is a small black spot in the fold and one oblique above in the cell. A large spot is found at the middle of wing at two-thirds and there are some black scales on the termen. The hindwings are grey. Adults are on wing in July.
The larvae feed on Cotoneaster integerrimus.[3]
References
- ↑ Fauna Europaea
- ↑ lepiforum.de
- ↑ 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
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