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Species of moth From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Athrips amoenella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Finland, Sweden, France, Spain, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Slovakia, Hungary, Greece, Ukraine and Russia, as well as on Corsica.[1] Outside of Europe, it is found in Turkey, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.[2]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Athrips |
| Species: | A. amoenella |
| Binomial name | |
| Athrips amoenella (Frey, 1882) | |
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The wingspan is 9–11 mm.[3] Adults are on wing from May to July.[4] The ground colour of the forewings is whitish-yellow with ochreous brown and dark grey markings. The hindwings are dark grey.[5]
The larvae possibly feed on Vicia cracca.
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