Athrips mongolorum
Athrips mongolorum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gelechiidae |
Genus: | Athrips |
Species: | A. mongolorum |
Binomial name | |
Athrips mongolorum Piskunov, 1980 | |
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Athrips mongolorum is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Mongolia, Turkmenistan, south-eastern Kazakhstan and China (Ningxia).[1]
The wingspan is 9–12 mm. Adults are on wing from mid-March to early June and again in September in two generations per year.
The larvae feed on Nitraria schoberi. The species overwinters in the pupal stage.[2]
References
[edit]Wikispecies has information related to Athrips mongolorum.
- ^ Athrips at funet
- ^ Bidzilya, O., 2005: A review of the genus Athrips (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) in the Palaearctic region . Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 52 (1): 3-71. doi:10.1002/mmnd.200310001