Biology:Athrips nigricostella
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Short description: Species of moth
Athrips nigricostella | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gelechiidae |
Genus: | Athrips |
Species: | A. nigricostella
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Binomial name | |
Athrips nigricostella (Duponchel, 1842)
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Athrips nigricostella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in France , Germany , Poland , Austria, Switzerland , Italy, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Hungary, Romania, Ukraine and Russia .[1] It is also found in Turkey, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, the Russian Far East,[2] China (Xinjiang) and Japan .[3][4]
The larvae feed on Medicago sativa and Medicago minima. They spin together the terminal leaves of their host plant. Pupation takes place in a white cocoon between the spun leaves.
References
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- ↑ "Fauna Europaea". http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=437301.
- ↑ Junnilainen, J. 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
- ↑ "ヘリクロモンキイロキバガ". http://www.jpmoth.org/Gelechiidae/Dichomeridinae/Athrips_nigricostella.html.
- ↑ 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
Wikidata ☰ Q13402820 entry
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