Athrips nigricostella

Athrips nigricostella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Athrips
Species:	A. nigricostella
Binomial name
	Athrips nigricostella; (Duponchel, 1842)
Synonyms
	Lita nigricostella Duponchel, 1842 ;

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

^ "Fauna Europaea". www.faunaeur.org. Archived from the original on June 10, 2015.
^ 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". www.jpmoth.org.
^ 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

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[1] "Fauna Europaea". www.faunaeur.org. Archived from the original on June 10, 2015.

[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] "ヘリクロモンキイロキバガ". www.jpmoth.org.

[4] 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

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