Sattleria pyrenaica

Sattleria pyrenaica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Sattleria
Species: S. pyrenaica
Binomial name
Sattleria pyrenaica
(Petry, 1904)
Synonyms
  • Gelechia pyrenaica Petry, 1904

Sattleria pyrenaica is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Petry in 1904. It is found in the Pyrenees and Basses-Alpes of Spain, Andorra and France.[1][2]

The length of the forewings is 6.5-8.6 mm for males and 3.7-5.5 mm for females. The forewings lack a dark stripe along the fold. Large dark areas are usually also lacking, or the wing is only weakly patterned. Adults are on wing from July to August.[3]

References

  1. funet.fi
  2. Fauna Europaea
  3. Pitkin, L.M. & Sattler, K., 1991: Sattleria: a European genus of brachypterous alpine moths (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Entomology), 60: 205–241. Full article:
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