Athrips pruinosella | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gelechiidae |
Genus: | Athrips |
Species: | A. pruinosella
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Binomial name | |
Athrips pruinosella (Lienig & Zeller, 1846)
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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.