Athrips pruinosella explained

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.

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20150610194118/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=437293 Fauna Europaea
  2. 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. http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=1853 mothphotographersgroup
  4. , 2005: A review of the genus Athrips (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) in the Palaearctic region . Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 52 (1): 3-71.
  5. http://www.microlepidoptera.nl/soorten/species.php?speciescode=330520&p=1 microlepidoptera.nl
  6. http://www.lepiforum.de/lepiwiki.pl?Athrips_pruinosella lepiforum.de

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