Scythris limbella

Scythris limbella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Scythrididae
Genus: Scythris
Species: S. limbella
Binomial name
Scythris limbella
(Fabricius, 1775)
Synonyms
  • Tinea limbella Fabricius, 1775

Scythris limbella is a moth of the Scythrididae family. It is found in most of Europe (except Iceland, Ireland, and part of the Balkan Peninsula and Ukraine), east into Russia.

The wingspan is about 15 mm. Adults are on wing from June to September, possibly in two generations.

The larvae feed on the shoots and flowers of Chenopodium and Atriplex in a web.

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