Athrips medjella

Athrips medjella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Athrips
Species:	A. medjella
Binomial name
	Athrips medjella; (Chrétien, 1900)
Synonyms
	Brachmia medjella Chrétien, 1900 ;

Athrips medjella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. 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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[1] Fauna Europaea

[2] rum.de

[3] 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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