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Athrips spiraeae

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Species of moth

Athrips spiraeae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Athrips
Species: A. spiraeae
Binomial name
Athrips spiraeae
(Staudinger, 1871)
Synonyms
  • Gelechia spiraeae Staudinger, 1871

Athrips spiraeae is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Ukraine, Russia (southern Ural, Lower Volga and Altai) and Kazakhstan.

The larvae probably feed on Spiraea species.

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. 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
Taxon identifiers
Athrips spiraeae

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