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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