Isophrictis anthemidella

Isophrictis anthemidella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Isophrictis
Species: I. anthemidella
Binomial name
Isophrictis anthemidella
(Wocke, 1871)[1]
Synonyms
  • Cleodora anthemidella Wocke, 1871
  • Paltodora magna Amsel, 1935

Isophrictis anthemidella is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It is found from most of Europe to the Caucasus and Central Asia.[2]

The wingspan is 11–13 mm.[3] Adults are on wing from May to August in one generation per year.[4]

The larvae feed on Pyrethrum corymbosom, Achillea ptarmica and Anthemis tinctoria. On calcareous slopes, the larvae have also been found feeding on the flowers of Anthemis trotzkiana.

References

  1. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  2. ↑ 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
  3. ↑ microlepidoptera.nl
  4. ↑ LOT Moths and Butterflies
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