Athrips mongolorum

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Athrips mongolorum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Athrips
Species:
A. mongolorum
Binomial name
Athrips mongolorum
Piskunov, 1980
Synonyms
  • Athrips crassivalva Li & Zheng, 1998

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

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  1. ^ Athrips at funet
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