Acompsia minorella
Acompsia minorella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Austria, the Czech Republic, France, Italy, Slovenia and Switzerland.[1] The habitat consists of warm forest steppes.
| Acompsia minorella | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Acompsia |
| Species: | A. minorella |
| Binomial name | |
| Acompsia minorella (Rebel, 1899) | |
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The wingspan is about 15 mm for males and females. The forewings are greyish brown, overlaid with yellow grey or light brown scales. The hindwings are dark grey. Adults are on wing from May to June and again from July to September, probably in two generations per year.[2]
References
Wikispecies has information related to Acompsia minorella.
- Fauna Europaea
- "A review of the genus Acompsia Huebner, 1825, with description of new species (Gelechiidae)". Nota Lepidopterologica. 25: 109–151. 2002.
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