Athrips autumnella
| Athrips autumnella | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Athrips |
| Species: | A. autumnella
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| Binomial name | |
| Athrips autumnella Falkovitsh & Bidzilya, 2003
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Athrips autumnella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tadzhikistan and China (Inner Mongolia, Ningxia).[1]
The wingspan is 12–16.5 mm. The forewings are dark grey in the costal and light grey in the posterior area, these two areas divided by a black longitudinal stripe. The hindwings are light grey. Adults are on wing from September to November.
The larvae feed on , Calligonum leucocladum and . They feed on young shoots of their host plant from within a silken tube made between stalks. The larvae reach a length of 15 mm. They are green with a blue hue or light brown and they have a black or brown head.[2]
References[]
- ^ Athrips at funet
- ^ 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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Categories:
- Moths described in 2003
- Athrips
- Moths of Asia
- Gelechiini stubs