Altenia scriptella
| Altenia scriptella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Altenia |
| Species: | A. scriptella |
| Binomial name | |
| Altenia scriptella (Hübner, 1796)[1] | |
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Altenia scriptella is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It is found from most of Europe, to the Volga region, Turkey and the Caucasus.[2]
A folded maple leaf
Larva
The wingspan is 10–15 mm.[3] Adults are on wing from June to July in one generation per year.[4]
The larvae feed on Acer campestris, Acer pseudoplatanus and Acer platanoides. They in a folded leaf of their host plant. The species overwinters in the pupal stage.
References
- ↑ Fauna Europaea
- ↑ 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
- ↑ microlepidoptera.nl
- ↑ UKmoths
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