Athrips falkovitshi

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Athrips falkovitshi
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Athrips
Species:
A. falkovitshi
Binomial name
Athrips falkovitshi
Piskunov, 1990

Athrips falkovitshi is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.[1] The habitat consists of deserts.

The wingspan is 11–12 mm. The forewings are light grey or cream, with some weakly raised scales with brown tips and two small ochreous brown spots near the base, two larger distinct spots in the middle and two spots at two-thirds. The hindwings are light grey. Adults are on wing from the end of April to early June.

The larvae feed on the leaves of Peganum harmala from within a silken tube made on a small twig. The larvae have a light grey body and black head.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ Athrips at funet
  2. ^ 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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