Scythris limbella

Scythris limbella is a moth of the family Scythrididae first described by the Danish zoologist Johan Christian Fabricius. It is found in Asia and Europe.

Scythris limbella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Scythrididae
Genus: Scythris
Species:
S. limbella
Binomial name
Scythris limbella
(Fabricius, 1775) [1]
Synonyms
List
    • Tinea limbella Fabricius, 1775
    • Tinea variella Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775
    • Tinea quadriguttella Thunberg, 1794
    • Tinea tristella Hübner, [1796]
    • Astyages cylindrella Stephens, 1834
    • Röslerstammia quadrigutella Bruand, 1850
    • Butalis chenopodiella f. obscura Staudinger, 1871

Description

The wingspan is about 15 mm. Adults are on wing from June to September, possibly in two generations.[2] The larvae feed on the shoots and flowers of goosefoots (Chenopodium species) and orache (Atriplex species) in a web.

Distribution

It is found in most of Europe (except Iceland, Ireland, and part of the Balkan Peninsula and Ukraine), east into Russia and Iran (from Golestan to Farsi). It is an introduced species in the north-eastern Nearctic region.[3][4]

References
  1. "Scythris limbella (Fabricius, 1775)". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  2. Kimber, Ian. "43.007 BF918 Scythris limbella (Fabricius, 1775)". UKmoths. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  3. Savela, Markku. "Scythris Hübner, [1825]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  4. Notes on the distribution of Palearctic Scythrididae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea)


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