Biology:Scythris limbella

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Short description: Species of moth

Scythris limbella
Scythris limbella.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Scythrididae
Genus: Scythris
Species:
S. limbella
Binomial name
Scythris limbella
(Fabricius, 1775) [1]
Synonyms

Scythris limbella is a moth of the family Scythrididae first described by the Denmark zoologist Johan Christian Fabricius. It is found in Asia and Europe.

Description

The wingspan is about 15 mm. Adults are on wing from June to September, possibly in two generations.[2] The larvae feed on the shoots and flowers of goosefoots (Chenopodium species) and orache (Atriplex species) in a web.

Distribution

It is found in most of Europe (except Iceland, Ireland, and part of the Balkan Peninsula and Ukraine ), east into Russia and Iran (from Golestan to Farsi). It is an introduced species in the north-eastern Nearctic region.[clarification needed][3][4]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q8365406 entry