Biology:Amblypalpis olivierella
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Short description: Species of moth
| Amblypalpis olivierella | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Amblypalpis |
| Species: | A. olivierella
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| Binomial name | |
| Amblypalpis olivierella Ragonot, 1886
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Amblypalpis olivierella, the tamarix spindle-gall moth, is a species of moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Émile Louis Ragonot in 1886.[1] It is found in Tunisia, Algeria, Libya, the Sinai, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, northern Yemen and the United Arab Emirates, Iran, India and Pakistan .
The larvae have been recorded inducing galls on Tamarix brachystylis, Tamarix bounopaea, Tamarix articulata and Tamarix africana.[2]
References
- ↑ funet.fi
- ↑ Cerasa, Giuliano; Lo Verde, Gabriella; Massa, Bruno (2014). "New Records of Gall-inducer and Inquiline Insects in a Few Mediterranean Countries, with Biological Notes". Journal of the Entomological Research Society 16 (1): 71–84. ISSN 1302-0250. http://www.entomol.org/journal/index.php/JERS/article/view/621.
Wikidata ☰ Q13312616 entry
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